The very existence of libraries affords the best evidence that we may yet have hope for the future of man.
Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is.
The statesman, who should attempt to direct private people in what manner they ought to employ their capitals, would not only load himself with a most unnecessary attention but assume an authority which could safely be trusted, not only to no single person, but to no council or senate whatever, and which would nowhere be so dangerous as in the hands of a man who had folly and presumption enough to fancy himself fit to exercise it.
The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.