That you have not penetration to see the strong inducement to this excess; for he who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.
Do not accustom yourself to consider debt only as an inconvenience; you will find it a calamity.
A man had better have 10,000 pounds at the end of 10 years passed in England than 20,000 pounds at the end of 10 years passed in India, because you must compute what you must give up for money...And a man who has lived 10 years in India has given up 10 years of social comfort and all those advantages which arise from living in England.
He may justly be numbered among the benefactors of mankind, who contracts the great rules of life into short sentences.
Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition.
Few things are impossible to dilligence and skill...Great works are performed, not by strength, but perseverance.
There will always be a part, and always a very large part of every community, that have no care but for themselves, and whose care for themselves reaches little further than impatience of immediate pain, and eagerness for the nearest good.
Knowledge is of two kinds, we know the subject for ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.
What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
Depend upon it, Sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.
That you have not penetration to see the strong inducement to this excess; for he who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.