William cobbett

Men fail much oftener from want of perseverance than from want of talent

To suppose such a thing possible as a society, in which men, who are able and willing to work, cannot support their families, and ought, with a great part of the women, to be compelled to lead a life of celibacy, for fear of having children to be starved; to suppose such a thing possible is monstrous.

Men should be what they seem;Or those that be not, would they might seem none!

If you want a quality, act as if you already had it.

Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.