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.

The first duty of man is to take none of the principles of conduct upon trust; to do nothing without a clear and individual conviction that it is right to be done.

God himself has no right to be a tyrant.

Study with desire is real activity; without desire it is but the semblance and mockery of activity.

The cause of justice is the cause of humanity. Its advocates should overflow with universal good will. We should love this cause, for it conduces to the general happiness of mankind.

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

One of the prerogatives by which man is eminently distinguished from all other living beings inhabiting this globe of earth, consists in the gift of reason.