He is a good man, who can receive a gift well. We are either glad or sorry at a gift, and both emotions are unbecoming.

The lover of letters loves power too.

You have a place to live in this world which no other man can occupy; hence no competitors.

Tis the good reader that makes the good book; in every book he finds passages which seem confidences or asides hidden from all else and unmistakenly meant for his ear; the profit of books is according to the sensibility of the reader; the profoundest thought or passion sleeps as in a mine, until it is discovered by an equal mind and heart.

It is one light which beams out of a thousand stars. It is one soul which animates all men.

A man is the whole encyclopedia of facts.

The wise man, the true friend, the finished character, we seek everywhere, and only find in fragments.