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.

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.

Man is the only creature we know, that, when the term of his natural life is ended, leaves the memory of himself behind him.

Books gratify and excite our curiosity in innumerable ways.

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

Books are the depositary of everything that is most honourable to man.

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.