We lose all that time which we might employ better.

The majesty of the Scriptures strikes me with admiration, as the purity of the gospel has its influence on my heart.

The English people think they are free; they are greatly deceived; they are free only during the election of members of Parliament.

The world is the book of women. Whatever knowledge they may possess is more commonly acquired by observation than by reading.

The passions are the voice of the body.

The falsification of history has done more to impede human development than any one thing known to mankind.

I hate books; they only teach people to talk about what they don't understand.