The diligent scholar is he that loves himself, and desires to have reason to applaud and love himself.
William GodwinOf Belief Human mathematics, so to speak, like the length of life, are subject to the doctrine of chances.
William GodwinThe execution of any thing considerable implies in the first place previous persevering meditation.
William GodwinAs long as parents and teachers in general shall fall under the established rule, it is clear that politics and modes of government will educate and infect us all. They poison our minds, before we can resist, or so much as suspect their malignity. Like the barbarous directors of the Eastern seraglios, they deprive us of our vitality, and fit us for their despicable employment from the cradle.
William Godwin