Most people I ask little from. I try to give them much, and expect nothing in return and I do very well in the bargain.

Nothing will make us so charitable and tender to the faults of others, as, by self-examination, thoroughly to know our own.

The more you say, the less people remember. The fewer the words, the greater the profit.

How rare it is to find a soul quiet enough to hear God speak.

If the riches of the Indies, or the crowns of all the kingdom of Europe, were laid at my feet in exchange for my love of reading, I would spurn them all.