So our student will flit like a busy bee through the entire garden of literature, light on every blossom, collect a little nectar from each, and carry it to his hive.

Of two evils choose the least.

Concealed talent brings no reputation.

Your library is your paradise.

From hence, no question, has sprung an observation ... confirmed now into a settled opinion, that some long experienced souls in the world, before their dislodging, arrive to the height of prophetic spirits.

There is nothing I congratulate myself on more heartily than on never having joined a sect.

When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes.