The Desire To Know A Thing Is

There Is No Book So Bad That Some Good Can Not Be Got Out Of It.

As In Our Lives So Also In Our Studies, It Is Most Becoming And Most Wise, So To Temper Gravity With Cheerfulness, That The Former May Not Imbue Our Minds With Melancholy, Nor The Latter Degenerate Into Licentiousness.

We Ought To Be Guarded Against Every Appearance Of Envy, As A Passion That Always Implies Inferiority Wherever It Resides.

No One Is Wise At All Times.

No Man's Abilities Are So Remarkably Shining As Not To Stand In Need Of A Proper Opportunity.