Be not solitary, be not idle

No cord or cable can draw so forcibly, or bind so fast, as love can do with a single thread.

A dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant may see farther than a giant himself.

Let thy fortune be what it will, 'tis thy mind alone that makes thee poor or rich, miserable or happy.

The men who succeed are the efficient few. They are the few who have the ambition and will power to develop themselves.

Old friends become bitter enemies on a sudden for toys and small offenses.

To enlarge or illustrate this power and effect of love is to set a candle in the sun.

No rule is so general, which admits not some exception.

We can make mayors and officers every year, but not scholars.

[T]hou canst not think worse of me than I do of myself.

If you like not my writing, go read something else.

Getting an education is the easiest when you love to learn.

Science is a way of trying not to fool yourself. The principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool.

A woman is always better in everything with the mouth

Everyone has a watched life. Everyone is both the observer and the observed.

Authority exercised with humility, and obedience accepted with delight are the very lines along which our spirits live.

The human form is a microcosm of the universe. All that supposedly exists outside us in reality exists in us. The world is in you and can become known in you, as you.

The debt of gratitude we owe our mother and father goes forward, not backward. What we owe our parents is the bill presented to us by our children.

Free publicity and word of mouth is probably the best and cheapest form of advertising. Learn to use it to your advantage.

The meaning in life is not out there but inbetween our ears. In many ways this makes us the lords of creation.

The material world will always attract a lot of women. A lot of people would be down for that, whatever the cost.