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

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

Study with desire is real activity; without desire it is but the semblance and mockery of activity.

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

It is absurd to expect the inclinations and wishes of two human beings to coincide, through any long period of time. To oblige them to act and live together is to subject them to some inevitable potion of thwarting, bickering, and unhappiness.

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

Everything that is usually understood by the term co-operation is, in some degree, an evil.