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How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading of a book.

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Houses are built to live in, not to look on; therefore, let use be preferred before uniformity, except where both may be had.

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A man builds a fine house; and now he has a master, and a task for life; he is to furnish, watch, show it, and keep it in repair, the rest of his days.

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The moment we begin to fear the opinions of others and hesitate to tell the truth that is in us, and from motives of policy are silent when we should speak, the divine floods of light and life no longer flow into our souls.

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Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a source of terror to all its citizens and creates a country where everyone lives in fear.

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Good company and good discourse are the very sinews of virtue.

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The discovery of a new dish does more for human happiness than the discovery of a new star.

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A wise man can see more from the bottom of a well than a fool can from a mountain top .

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We need men who can dream of things that never were.

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Bacchus hath drowned more men than Neptune.

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