“It is of great use to the sailor to know the length of his line, though he cannot with it fathom all the depths of the ocean.”
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There is frequently more to be learned from the unexpected questions of a child than the discourses of men.
Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge it is thinking that makes what we read ours.
One unerring mark of the love of truth is not entertaining any proposition with greater assurance than the proofs it is built upon will warrant.
Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company and reflection must finish him.
