What humanity abhors, custom reconciles and recommends to us.
With books we stand on the shoulders of giants.
It is easier for a tutor to command than to teach.
I am sure, zeal or love for truth can never permit falsehood to be used in the defense of it.
The necessity of pursuing true happiness is the foundation of all liberty- Happiness, in its full extent, is the utmost pleasure we are capable of.
I attribute the little I know to my not having been ashamed to ask for information, and to my rule of conversing with all descriptions of men on those topics that form their own peculiar professions and pursuits.