My early and invincible love of reading, . . . I would not exchange for the treasures of India.

Let us read with method, and propose to ourselves an end to which our studies may point. The use of reading is to aid us in thinking.

History is little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind.

Our work is the presentation of our capabilities.

The winds and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.

Revenge is profitable, gratitude is expensive.