One of the prerogatives by which man is eminently distinguished from all other living beings inhabiting this globe of earth, consists in the gift of reason.

He that revels in a well-chosen library, has innumerable dishes, and all of admirable flavour.

Perseverance is an active principle, and cannot continue to operate but under the influence of desire.

Perfectibility is one of the most unequivocal characteristics of the human species.

As the true object of education is not to render the pupil the mere copy of his preceptor, it is rather to be rejoiced in, than lamented, that various reading should lead him into new trains of thinking.

No maxim can be more pernicious than that which would teach us to consult the temper of the times, and to tell only so much as we imagine our contemporaries will be able to bear.

The philosophy of the wisest man that ever existed, is mainly derived from the act of introspection.