There must be room for the imagination to exercise its powers; we must conceive and apprehend a thousand things which we do not actually witness.

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

Whenever government assumes to deliver us from the trouble of thinking for ourselves, the only consequences it produces are those of torpor and imbecility.

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

Hereditary wealth is in reality a premium paid to idleness.

It is probable that there is no one thing that it is of eminent importance for a child to learn.

He that loves reading has everything within his reach.