“Common sense is the most widely shared commodity in the world, for every man is convinced that he is well supplied with it.”

“Common sense is the best distributed commodity in the world, for every man is convinced that he is well supplied with it.”

“Cyrus Pembridge, the Never Land’s captain, was widely regarded as the most incompetent man to comman a ship since the formation of water.“Who in the name of common sense would put to sea on that ship with that man in charge?” wondered Mack.“Well,” Alf answered, “we are.”“True,” Mack said.”

“Good sense is of all things in the world the most equally distributed, for everybody thinks he is so well supplied with it that even those most difficult to please in all other matters never desire more of it than they already possess.”

“Of all things, good sense is the most fairly distributed: everyone thinks he is so well supplied with it that even those who are the hardest to satisfy in every other respect never desire more of it than they already have.”

“A moderately bad man knows he is not very good: a thoroughly bad man thinks he is alright. This is common sense really. You understand sleep when you are awake, not well you are sleeping.”