The diligent scholar is he that loves himself, and desires to have reason to applaud and love himself.
William GodwinIf ever there was a book calculated to make a man in love with its author, this appears to me to be the book.
William GodwinSelf-respect to be nourished in the mind of the pupil, is one of the most valuable results of a well conducted education.
William GodwinEvery man has a certain sphere of discretion which he has a right to expect shall not be infringed by his neighbours. This right flows from the very nature of man.
William GodwinRevolution is engendered by an indignation with tyranny, yet is itself pregnant with tyranny.... An attempt to scrutinize men's thoughts and punish their opinions is of all kinds of despotism the most odious: yet this is peculiarly character of a period of revolution.... There is no period more at war with the existence of liberty.
William Godwin