1229  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.

378  Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must be first overcome.

1118  Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.

1307  Mankind have a great aversion to intellectual labor; but even supposing knowledge to be easily attainable, more people would be content to be ignorant than would take even a little trouble to acquire it.

371  Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information on it.