What worries you, masters you.

It is one thing to show a man that he is in an error, and another to put him in possession of the truth.

Our incomes are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch us; but if too large, they cause us to stumble and to trip.

Where all is but dream, reasoning and arguments are of no use, truth and knowledge nothing.

No man's knowledge here can go beyond his experience.

Fortitude is the guard and support of the other virtues.

Reverie is when ideas float in our mind without reflection or regard of the understanding.

Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.

Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company and reflection must finish him.

The improvement of understanding is for two ends: first, our own increase of knowledge; secondly, to enable us to deliver that knowledge to others.

As people are walking all the time, in the same spot, a path appears.

There is frequently more to be learned from the unexpected questions of a child than the discourses of men.

The only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it.

The reason why men enter into society is the preservation of their property.

All mankind... being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions.

The Bible is one of the greatest blessings bestowed by God on the children of men. It has God for its author; salvation for its end, and truth without any mixture for its matter. It is all pure.

What worries you, masters you.