Do You Love Truth For Truth's Sake,

Read Much, But Not Too Many Books.

Some Volumes Against Deism Fell Into My Hands ... They Produced An Effect Precisely The Reverse To What Was Intended By The Writers; For The Arguments Of The Deists, Which Were Cited In Order To Be Refuted, Appeared To Me Much More Forcibly Than The Refutation Itself; In A Word, I Soon Became A Thorough Deist.

Marry Your Son When You Will, But You Daughter When You Can.

You Must Not, When You Have Gained A Victory, Use Any Triumphing Or Insulting Expressions, Nor Show Too Much Of The Pleasure You Feel; But Endeavour To Console Your Adversary, And Make Him Less Dissatisfied With Himself By Every Kind And Civil Expression That May Be Used With Truth; Such As, You Understand The Game Better Than I, But You Are A Little Inattentive, Or, You Play Too Fast; Or, You Had The Best Of The Game, But Something Happened To Divert Your Thoughts, And That Turned It In My Favour.

What Science Can There Be More Noble, More Excellent, More Useful For Men, More Admirably High And Demonstrative, Than This Of Mathematics?