It is not the quantity but the quality of knowledge which determines the mind's dignity.
Let every man, if possible, gather some good books under his roof.
The worst tyrants are those which establish themselves in our own breasts.
Life has a higher end, than to be amused
My highway is unfeatured air, My consorts are the sleepless stars, And men my giant arms upbear My arms unstained and free from scars.
Natural amiableness is too often seen in company with sloth, with uselessness, with the vanity of fashionable life.