I have never known any distress that an hour's reading did not relieve.

I have never known any distress that an hour's reading did not relieve.

Countries are well cultivated, not as they are fertile, but as they are free

An author is a fool who, not content with having bored those who have lived with him, insists on boring future generations

We should weep for men at their birth, not at their death.

Author: A fool who, not content with having bored those who have lived with him, insists on tormenting generations to come.