Mankind have a great aversion to intellectual labor; but even supposing knowledge to be easily attainable, more people would be content to be ignorant than would take even a little trouble to acquire it.

Few things are so liberally bestowed, or squandered with so little effect, as good advice.

Such is the pleasure of projecting that many content themselves with a succession of visionary schemes, and wear out their allotted time in the calm amusement of contriving what they never attempt or hope to execute.

How gloomy would be the mansions of the dead to him who did not know that he should never die: that what now acts shall continue its agency, and what now thinks shall think on forever!

Every human being whose mind is not debauched, will be willing to give all that he has to get knowledge.

Those authors are to be read at schools that supply most axioms of prudence.

His death eclipsed the gayety of nations, and impoverished the public stock of harmless pleasure.