He had no settled plan of life, nor looked forward at all, but merely lived from day to day. Yet he read a great deal in a desultory manner, without any scheme of study, as chance threw books in his way, and inclination directed him through them.

I argued that the chastity of women was of much more consequence than that of men, as the property and rights of families depend upon it.

If a man who is born to a fortune cannot make himself easier and freer than those who are not, he gains nothing.

In every picture there should be shade as well as light.

As all who come into the country must obey the King, so all who come into an university must be of the Church.

Writing a book I have found to be like building a house. A man forms a plan, and collects materials. He thinks he has enough to raise a large and stately edifice; but after he has arranged, compacted and polished, his work turns out to be a very small performance. The authour however like the builder, knows how much labour his work has cost him; and therefore estimates it at a higher rate than other people think it deserves

The man who stops making new friends eventually will have none.