I Cannot Live Without Books.

[i]n Great-britain It Is Said That Their Constitution Relies On The House Of Commons For Honesty, And The Lords For Wisdom; Whichwould Be A Rational Reliance If Honesty Were To Be Bought With Money, And If Wisdom Were Hereditary.

New York, Like London, Seems To Be A Cloacina [toilet] Of All The Depravities Of Human Nature.

The Qualifications For Self-government In Society Are Not Innate. They Are The Result Of Habit And Long Training.

Agreeable Society Is The First Essential In Constituting The Happiness And Of Course The Value Of Our Existence.

I Cannot Live Without Books: But Fewer Will Suffice Where Amusement, And Not Use, Is The Only Future Object.