That which anyone has been long learning unwillingly, he unlearns with proportional eagerness and haste.
The more you do, the more you can do.
A life of action and danger moderates the dread of death.
The world dread nothing so much as being convinced of their errors.
Our opinions are not our own, but in the power of sympathy. If a person tells us a palpable falsehood, we not only dare not contradict him, but we dare hardly disbelieve him to his face. A lie boldly uttered has the effect of truth for the instant.
Conceit is vanity driven from all other shifts, and forced to appeal to itself for admiration.