But In Some Great Souls, Who Consider

Self-love Is An Instrument Useful But Dangerous; It Often Wounds The Hand Which Makes Use Of It, And Seldom Does Good Without Doing Harm.

I Would Rather Be A Man Of Paradoxes Than A Man Of Prejudices.

We Should Not Teach Children The Sciences; But Give Them A Taste For Them.

Abstaining So As Really To Enjoy, Is The Epicurism, The Very Perfection, Of Reason.

I Will Say Little Of The Importance Of A Good Education; Nor Will I Stop To Prove That The Current One Is Bad. Countless Others Have Done So Before Me, And I Do Not Like To Fill A Book With Things Everybody Knows. I Will Note That For The Longest Time There Has Been Nothing But A Cry Against The Established Practice Without Anyone Taking It Upon Himself To Propose A Better One. The Literature And The Learning Of Our Age Tend Much More To Destruction Than To Edification.