If I am mistaken in my opinion that the human soul is immortal, I willingly err; nor would I have this pleasant error extorted from me; and if, as some minute philosophers suppose, death should deprive me of my being, I need not fear the raillery of those pretended philosophers when they are no more.

Learning is a kind of natural food for the mind.

To give counsel, as well as to take it, is a feature of true friendship.

The authors who affect contempt for a name in the world put their names to the books which they invite the world to read.

There is no more sure tie between friends than when they are united in their objects and wishes.

We all are imbued with the love of praise.

Frivolity is inborn, conceit acquired by education.