"It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well."

"God gave the world to men in common; but since he gave it them for their benefit, and the greatest conveniences of life they were capable to draw from it, it cannot be supposed he meant it should alwa…"

"I think it is a great mistake for any one to take his children to task for every little trivial fault."

"Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours."

"The greater part of mankind are more governed by interest than by argument."