We never do anything well till we cease to think about the manner of doing it. This is the reason why it is so difficult for any but natives to speak a language correctly or idiomatically.

We grow tired of everything but turning others into ridicule, and congratulating ourselves on their defects.

People do not persist in their vices because they are not weary of them, but because they cannot leave them off. It is the nature of vice to leave us no resource but in itself.

Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity is a greater. Possession pampers the mind; privation trains and strengthens it.

The public have neither shame or gratitude.

To think justly, we must understand what others mean. To know the value of our thoughts, we must try their effect on other minds.

The more we do, the more we can do.