In General I Ask For Books That

There Is A Plague On Man, The Opinion That He Knows Something.

It Needs Good Management To Enjoy Life. I Enjoy It Twice As Much As Others, For The Measure Of Enjoyment Depends On The Greater Or Less Attention That We Give To It...the Shorter My Possession Of Life The Deeper And Fuller I Must Make It.

The Only Good Histories Are Those Written By Those Who Had Command In The Events They Describe.

There Is Little Less Trouble In Governing A Private Family Than A Whole Kingdom.

Pride And Curiosity Are The Two Scourges Of Our Souls. The Latter Prompts Us To Poke Our Noses Into Everything, And The Former Forbids Us To Leave Anything Unresolved And Undecided.