Talent is a gift which God has given us secretly, and which we reveal without perceiving it.
The history of commerce is that of the communication of the people.
Study has been for me the sovereign remedy against all the disappointments of life. I have never known any trouble that an hour's reading would not dissipate.
I like peasants-they are not sophisticated enough to reason speciously.
To love to read is to exchange hours of ennui for hours of delight.
Never create by law what can be accomplished by morality.