We must reserve a back shop all our own entirely free, in which to establish our real liberty and our principal retreat and solitude.

Death, they say, acquits us of all obligations.

Philosophical discussions habitually make men happy and joyful not frowning and sad.

Learned we may be with another man's learning: we can only be wise with wisdom of our own.

Intemperance is the plaque of sensuality, and temperance is not its bane but its seasoning.

The receipts of cookery are swelled to a volume, but a good stomach excels them all; to which nothing contributes more than industry and temperance.

But as Nature is the best guide, teaching must be the development of natural inclinations, for which purpose the teacher must watch his pupil and listen to him, not continually bawl words into his ears as if pouring water into a funnel. Good teaching will come from a mind well made rather than well filled.