independent thinking

library

is rare --- The number of those who undergo the fatigue of judging for themselves is very small indeed.

The number of those who undergo the fatigue of judging for themselves is very small indeed.

is as an evergreen tree of diabolical knowledge.

A circulating library in a town is as an evergreen tree of diabolical knowledge.

is, like experience, something that must be paid for.

Prudence, like experience, must be paid for.

is impossible without a little ill-nature, for the malice of a good thing is the barb that makes it stick.

There's no possibility of being witty without a little ill-nature; the malice of a good thing is the barb that makes it stick.