If ever there was a book calculated to make a man in love with its author, this appears to me to be the book.

He that loves reading has everything within his reach.

Whenever truth stands in the mind unaccompanied by the evidence upon which it depends, it cannot properly be said to be apprehended at all.

No man must encroach upon my province, nor I upon his. He may advise me, moderately and without pertinaciousness, but he must not expect to dictate to me. He may censure me freely and without reserve; but he should remember that I am to act by my deliberation and not his. I ought to exercise my talents for the benefit of others; but that exercise must be the fruit of my own conviction; no man must attempt to press me into the service.

Learning is the ally, not the adversary of genius... he who reads in a proper spirit, can scarcely read too much.

The cause of justice is the cause of humanity. Its advocates should overflow with universal good will. We should love this cause, for it conduces to the general happiness of mankind.

Power is not happiness. Security and peace are more to be desired than a name at which nations tremble.