Daniel Defoe

"A man's whole life is a continued struggle with his nature."

"None so blind as those who will not see."

"A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants."

"The pen may be an exquisite instrument for transmitting the ideas of one man to another."

"Trade and commerce are the peaceful weapons of civilization."

"The greatest plague of life is that it passes so quickly."

"Patience is the ornament of the brave."

"We should forgive them both when they do wrong and when they do right."

"Learning is a dangerous thing."

"The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading."

"Ambition drove many to their ruin who might otherwise have lived happy and protected."

"The worst of all servants are those whose masters are misled by their pretenses."

"Adventure was to an end, and we came to the natural close of things."

"He that has no power to do good, yet is obliged by all means to avoid doing harm."

"Custom and ceremony are almost parts of our religion."

"A man may be happy with any woman as long as he does not love her."

"The greatest wisdom is to make the least display of it."

"Woe be to the man that is alone when he falls."

"Fortune and success leave those who dream and live only in imagination."

"All the greatest men are of the age that was before them."

"Trade never thrives till it is protected by the sword."

"The chief end of man is his own happiness."

"Private life is the only genuine life."

"The farther back you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see."

"I have often thought of it as one of the happiest thoughts of my life."

"The great improbability is the greatest charm of the adventure."

"Every man naturally desires to know."

"Being is knowledge itself."

"Experience is the best teacher of all things."

"The shadow of authority flows from true obedience."