Habit is thus the enormous fly-wheel of society, its most precious conservative agent. It alone is what keeps us all within the bounds of ordinance, and saves the children of fortune from the envious uprisings of the poor. It alone prevents the hardest and most repulsive walks of life from being deserted by those brought up to tread therein.

Any object not interesting in itself may become interesting through becoming associated with an object in which an interest already exists.

Agisci come se quel che fai, facesse la differenza. La fa!

An educated memory depends on an organized system of associations; and its goodness depends on two of their peculiarities: first, on the persistency of the associations; and, second, on their number.

Is life worth living? It all depends on the liver.

Faith means belief in something concerning which doubt is theoretically possible.

Truth happens to an idea