To love to read is to exchange hours of ennui for hours of delight.

The history of commerce is that of the communication of the people.

The spirit of commerce is frugality, economy, moderation, labor, ponderance, tranquillity, order, and rule. So long as this spirit subsides, the riches it produces have no bad effect. The mischief is when excessive wealth destroys the spirit of commerce, then it is that the conveniences of inequality... are felt.

There are three species of government: republican, monarchical, and despotic.

I have ever held it as a maxim never to do that through another which it was impossible for me to execute myself

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.

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