I have never known any distress that an hour's reading did not relieve.

The Ottoman Empire whose sick body was not supported by a mild and regular diet, but by a powerful treatment, which continually exhausted it.

The success of most things depends upon knowing how long it will take to succeed.

We must have constantly present in our minds the difference between independence and liberty. Liberty is a right of doing whatever the laws permit, and if a citizen could do what they forbid he would no longer be possessed of liberty.

A fondness for reading changes the inevitable dull hours of our life into exquisite hours of delight.

The spirit of commerce... renders every man willing to live on his own property...& prevents the growth of luxury.

Knowledge humanizes mankind, and reason inclines to mildness; but prejudices eradicate every tender disposition.