"The greatest advantage of life is to spend it on something that will outlast it."

"For the mind, when it is once possessed with an opinion, draws all things else to confirm and agree with it."

"The inquiry, knowledge, and belief of truth, is the sovereign good of human nature."

"The greatest errors are not in the want of power, but in the will."

"Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly."