Man is a social animal formed to please in society.

You have to study a great deal to know a little.

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

I shall ever repeat it, that mankind are governed not by extremes, but by principals of moderation.

I never listen to calumnies, because if they are untrue I run the risk of being deceived, and if they be true, of hating persons not worth thinking about.

Liberty is the right to do what the law permits.

Those who have few affairs to attend to are great speakers. The less men think, the more they talk.