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

"Conquest, acquisition of peoples and territory through force, followed by subjugation, confers a legal right and title."

"Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper."

"The most ordinary cause of a single life is liberty, especially in minds of some nobility."

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