Above all, let the poor hang up the amulet of temperance in their homes.

Lost, yesterday, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two golden hours, each set with sixty diamond minutes. No reward is offered for they are gone forever.

Unfaithfulness in the keeping of an appointment is an act of clear dishonesty. You may as well borrow a person's money as his time.

To pity distress is but human; to relieve it is Godlike.

Let us not be content to wait and see what will happen, but give us the determination to make the right things happen.

Seek not greatness, but seek truth and you will find both.

I look upon Phrenology as the guide to philosophy and the handmaid of Christianity. Whoever disseminates true Phrenology is a public benefactor.

A house without books is like a room without windows.

Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.

A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron.

Do not think of knocking out another person's brains because he differs in opinion from you. It would be as rational to knock yourself on the head because you differ from yourself ten years ago.

If I listened to all the noise in the worldI would have many standards to conform to But the zeal to succeedCuts through the racket

The commonest thing is delightful if only one hides it.

If you don't have the time to read, you don't have the time or the tools to write.

The completely simultaneous and perfect possession of unlimited life at a single moment.

Ability to think, like the violin or piano, requires daily practice

I've been lucky to travel through quite a bit of Europe and Australia, but I would love to do Asia and South America and South Africa.

For observing nature, the best pace is a snail's pace.

Some people will like me and some won't. So I might as well be myself, and then at least I'll know that the people who like me, like me.

I’m scared I’m going to spend the rest of my life in a state of yearning, regardless of where I am.

Everything happens for a reason, Sadie, even bad things.