Books are but waste paper unless we spend in action the wisdom we get from thought -- asleep. When we are weary of the living, we may repair to the dead, who have nothing of peevishness, pride, or design in their conversation. - (Collier, Jeremy - Books - Reading)

People who have nothing to do are quickly tired of their own company. - (Collier, Jeremy - Bores and Boredom)

True courage is a result of reasoning. A brave mind is always impregnable. - (Collier, Jeremy - Courage)

How many feasible projects have miscarried through despondency, and been strangled in their birth by a cowardly imagination. - (Collier, Jeremy - Coward and Cowardice)

Idleness is an inlet to disorder, and makes way for licentiousness. People who have nothing to do are quickly tired of their own company. - (Collier, Jeremy - Idleness)

As the language of the face is universal, so 'tis very comprehensive; no laconism can reach it: 'Tis the short hand of the mind, and crowds a great deal in a little room - (Collier, Jeremy - Language)

Everyone has a fair turn to be as great as he pleases. - (Collier, Jeremy - Opportunity)

Perpetual pushing and assurance put a difficulty out of countenance and make a seeming difficulty gives way. - (Collier, Jeremy - Perseverance)