John Morley: “He is unreasonable, as are all those who expect more from life and the world than life and the world have to give.”

Do not weary or fret or nag him with your superior wisdom.

But Turgot was one of those severe and scrupulous souls, to whom a wicked promise does not cease to be degrading by becoming hypocritical.

Inspire him with the desire of pleasing; he will soon know more of the art than all the masters could teach him.

But they were barren of any institutions by which the country could be governed and kept in prosperity for the future.”(166) This is a statement of the case that biographer and historian alike should ponder.