It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust. trust
You can't be in politics unless you can walk in a room and know in a minute who's for you and who's against you. politics
Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance. greatness & strength
Few enterprises of great labor or hazard would be undertaken if we had not the power of magnifying the advantages we expect from them. greatness & power
Nothing flatters a man as much as the happiness of his wife he is always proud of himself as the source of it. happiness
Courage is the greatest of all virtues, because if you haven't courage, you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others. courage
Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short intermissions. friendship
The world is seldom what it seems to man, who dimly sees, realities appear as dreams, and dreams realities. dreams
The return of my birthday, if I remember it, fills me with thoughts which it seems to be the general care of humanity to escape. birthday
Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise. wisdom
What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence. hope
Dictionaries are like watches, the worst is better than none and the best cannot be expected to go quite true. best
Man alone is born crying, lives complaining, and dies disappointed. being alone
The happiest part of a man's life is what he passes lying awake in bed in the morning. morning
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good. being good
In order that all men may be taught to speak the truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it. truth
No money is better spent than what is laid out for domestic satisfaction. money
Power is not sufficient evidence of truth. power & truth
Prepare for death, if here at night you roam, and sign your will before you sup from home. death & home
A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek. being good
Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not. power
Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it. knowledge
Exercise is labor without weariness. fitness
No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money. money
The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope. hope
Of all noises, I think music is the least disagreeable. music
The feeling of friendship is like that of being comfortably filled with roast beef love, like being enlivened with champagne. friendship
Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little. nature, power & women
Getting money is not all a man's business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life. business & money
It is more from carelessness about truth than from intentionally lying that there is so much falsehood in the world. truth
No man was ever great by imitation. greatness
It is better that some should be unhappy rather than that none should be happy, which would be the case in a general state of equality. equality
To love one that is great, is almost to be great one's self. greatness
Your manuscript is both good and original but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good. being good
Let me smile with the wise, and feed with the rich. smile
All theory is against freedom of the will all experience for it. experience & freedom
Life cannot subsist in society but by reciprocal concessions. society
Every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth, and every other man has a right to knock him down for it. Martyrdom is the test. truth
A am a great friend of public amusements, they keep people from vice. greatness
Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance. design
He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything. greatness
All the arguments which are brought to represent poverty as no evil show it evidently to be a great evil. greatness
There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern. happiness
Leisure and curiosity might soon make great advances in useful knowledge, were they not diverted by minute emulation and laborious trifles. greatness & knowledge
Subordination tends greatly to human happiness. Were we all upon an equality, we should have no other enjoyment than mere animal pleasure. equality & happiness
Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth. art, poetry & truth
Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings. greatness
He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage. courage & power
Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives. marriage & men
The true art of memory is the art of attention. art
Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel. patriotism
I would not give half a guinea to live under one form of government other than another. It is of no moment to the happiness of an individual. government & happiness
There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money. money
The future is purchased by the present. the future
Disease generally begins that equality which death completes. death & equality
Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful. knowledge
To keep your secret is wisdom but to expect others to keep it is folly. wisdom
Treating your adversary with respect is striking soft in battle. respect
A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain. time
I have always considered it as treason against the great republic of human nature, to make any man's virtues the means of deceiving him. greatness & nature
The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading in order to write. A man will turn over half a library to make a book. time
The use of travelling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are. imagination
Were it not for imagination a man would be as happy in arms of a chambermaid as of a duchess. imagination