If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.
Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.
Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.
There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.
If we are to achieve things never before accomplished we must employ methods never before attempted
People usually think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and ingrained opinions, but generally act according to custom.
If money be not they servant, it will be thy master. The covetous man cannot so properly be said to possess wealth, as that may be said to possess him.
Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly.
There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which is lost by not trying.
Who questions much, shall learn much, and retain much.
Who questions much, shall learn much, and retain much.
I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am.
Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.
In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.
Studies perfect nature and are perfected still by experience.
Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.
In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.
Studies perfect nature and are perfected still by experience.
A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.
He that will not apply new remedies, must expect new evils: for Time is the greatest innovator: and if Time, of course, alter things to the worse, and wisdom and counsel shall not alter them to the better, what shall be the end?
The desire of power in excess caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge in excess caused man to fall: but in charity there is no excess; neither can angel nor man come in danger by it.
Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand--and melting like a snowflake.
Let the mind be enlarged... to the grandeur of the mysteries, and not the mysteries contracted to the narrowness of the mind.
A bachelor's life is a fine breakfast, a flat lunch, and a miserable dinner.
Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes, and adversity is not without comforts and hopes.
Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed.
Money is a great servant but a bad master.
Young people are fitter to invent than to judge; fitter for execution than for counsel; and more fit for new projects than for settled business.
The human understanding is like a false mirror, which, receiving rays irregularly, distorts and discolors the nature of things by mingling its own nature with it.
A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green.
Many a man's strength is in opposition, and when he faileth, he grows out of use.
I do not believe that any man fears to be dead, but only the stroke of death.
The remedy is worse than the disease.
The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express.
People have discovered that they can fool the devil; but they can't fool the neighbors.
Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set.
Nothing is pleasant that is not spiced with variety.
Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor.
If a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics.
Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.
Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.
Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more a man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out.
You cannot teach a child to take care of himself unless you will let him try to take care of himself. He will make mistakes and out of these mistakes will come his wisdom.
A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion.
It is in life as it is in ways, the shortest way is commonly the foulest, and surely the fairer way is not much about.
Fashion is only the attempt to realize art in living forms and social intercourse.
Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable.
A sudden bold and unexpected question doth many times surprise a man and lay him open.
Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.
He that will not apply new remedies, must expect new evils: for Time is the greatest innovator: and if Time, of course, alter things to the worse, and wisdom and counsel shall not alter them to the better, what shall be the end?
The desire of power in excess caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge in excess caused man to fall: but in charity there is no excess; neither can angel nor man come in danger by it.
Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand--and melting like a snowflake.
Let the mind be enlarged... to the grandeur of the mysteries, and not the mysteries contracted to the narrowness of the mind.
A bachelor's life is a fine breakfast, a flat lunch, and a miserable dinner.
Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes, and adversity is not without comforts and hopes.
Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed.
Money is a great servant but a bad master.
Young people are fitter to invent than to judge; fitter for execution than for counsel; and more fit for new projects than for settled business.
The human understanding is like a false mirror, which, receiving rays irregularly, distorts and discolors the nature of things by mingling its own nature with it.
A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green.
Many a man's strength is in opposition, and when he faileth, he grows out of use.
I do not believe that any man fears to be dead, but only the stroke of death.
The remedy is worse than the disease.
The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express.
People have discovered that they can fool the devil; but they can't fool the neighbors.
Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set.
Nothing is pleasant that is not spiced with variety.
Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor.
If a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics.
Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.
Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.
Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more a man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out.
You cannot teach a child to take care of himself unless you will let him try to take care of himself. He will make mistakes and out of these mistakes will come his wisdom.
A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion.
It is in life as it is in ways, the shortest way is commonly the foulest, and surely the fairer way is not much about.
Fashion is only the attempt to realize art in living forms and social intercourse.
Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable.
A sudden bold and unexpected question doth many times surprise a man and lay him open.
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