He who undervalues himself is justly undervalued by others.

What passes in the world for talent or dexterity or enterprise is often only a want of moral principle. We may succeed where others fail, not from a greater share of invention, but from not being nice in the choice of expedients.

Without the aid of prejudice and custom, I should not be able to find my way across the room.

Perhaps the best cure for the fear of death is to reflect that life has a beginning as well as an end.

A lively blockhead in company is a public benefit. Silence or dulness by the side of folly looks like wisdom.

Indolence is a delightful but distressing state; we must be doing something to be happy. Action is no less necessary than thought to the instinctive tendencies of the human frame.

Common sense, to most people, is nothing more than their own opinions.