“Conquer yourself rather than the world.”

“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.”

“Nothing is more fairly distributed than common sense: no one thinks he needs more of it than he already has.”

“There is nothing more ancient than the truth.”

“In order to improve the mind, we ought less to learn than to contemplate.”

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

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