Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.
Reverie is when ideas float in our mind without reflection or regard of the understanding.
The actions of men are the best interpreters of their thoughts.
"It is one thing to show a man that he is in an error, and another to put him in possession of truth."
"New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any reason but because they are not already common."