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

Hereditary wealth is in reality a premium paid to idleness.

The execution of any thing considerable implies in the first place previous persevering meditation.

Duty is that mode of action on the part of the individual which constitutes the best possible application of his capacity to the general benefit.

If admiration were not generally deemed the exclusive property of the rich, and contempt the constant lackey of poverty, the love of gain would cease to be an universal problem.

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.

He that loves reading has everything within his reach.