“Common sense will nearly always stand you in better stead than a slavish adherence to the conventions.”
“It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have education without common sense.”
“Always listen to yourself... It is better to be wrong than simply to follow convention.”
“You will find that reason, which always ought to direct mankind, seldom does; but that passions and weaknesses commonly usurp its seat, and rule in its stead.”
“common sense is no t always common”
“In contrast to logic, there is common sense, or still better, the Spirit of Reasonableness.”