“There are very many people who read simply to prevent themselves from thinking.” — Georg C. Lichtenberg

That man is the noblest creature may also be inferred from the fact that no other creature has yet contested this claim.

A book is a mirror: if an ape looks into it an apostle is hardly likely to look out.

Virtue by premeditation isn't worth much.

Nothing can contribute more to peace of soul than the lack of any opinion whatever.