Whatever Is Clearly Expressed Is Well Wrote.

The Knowledge Of Numbers Is One Of The Chief Distinctions Between Us And The Brutes.

I Despise The Pleasure Of Pleasing People That I Despise.

Nature Is Seldom In The Wrong, Custom Always.

People Never Write Calmly But When They Write Indifferently.

Whoever Will Cultivate Their Own Mind Will Find Full Employment. Every Virtue Does Not Only Require Great Care In The Planting, But As Much Daily Solicitude In Cherishing As Exotic Fruits And Flowers; The Vices And Passions (which I Am Afraid Are The Natural Product Of The Soil) Demand Perpetual Weeding. Add To This The Search After Knowledge. . . And The Longest Life Is Too Short.