He that loves reading has everything within his reach.

Revolution is engendered by an indignation with tyranny, yet is itself pregnant with tyranny.

In a well-written book we are presented with the maturest reflections, or the happiest flights of a mind of uncommon excellence. It is impossible that we can be much accustomed to such companions without attaining some resemblance to them.

God himself has no right to be a tyrant.

What can be more clear and sound in explanation, than the love of a parent to his child?

I shall attempt to prove two things: first, that the actions and dispositions of mankind are the offspring of circumstances and events, and not of any original determination that they bring into the world; and, secondly, that the great stream of our voluntary actions essentially depends, not upon the direct and immediate impulses of sense, but upon the decisions of the understanding.

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