Apologies are seldom of any use.

If a man is in doubt whether it would be better for him to expose himself to martyrdom or not, he should not do it. He must be convinced that he has a delegation from heaven.

There is no book so poor that it would not be a prodigy if wholly made by a single man.

Read the book you do honestly feel a wish and curiosity to read.

Ignorance is mere privation by which nothing can be produced: it is a vacuity in which the soul sits motionless and torpid for want of attraction: and, without knowing why, we always rejoice when we learn, and grieve when we forget.

How small of all that human hearts endure/That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.

We often need reminding even if we do not often need educating.