Most people have ears, but few have judgment; tickle those ears, and depend upon it, you will catch their judgments, such as they are.

As fathers commonly go, it is seldom a misfortune to be fatherless; and considering the general run of sons, as seldom a misfortune to be childless.

The mere brute pleasure of reading - the sort of pleasure a cow must have in grazing.

If we do not plant knowledge when young, it will give us no shade when we are old.

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

Being pretty on the inside means you don't hit your brother and you eat all your peas - that's what my grandma taught me.

Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.

Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.

You must look into people, as well as at them.

A man's own good breeding is the best security against other people's ill manners.

Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination: never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

Even though he said no store in uncanny things, he was soldier enough to value with whatever weapon came to hand.

A best-seller is the gilded tomb of a mediocre talent.

As sure as God is good so surely there is no such thing as necessary evil.

The more a human being feels himself a self tries to intensify this self and reach a never-attainable perfection the more drastically he steps out of the center of being.

I am a bit evangelical, I know, but performance-capture is still misunderstood.

If I could read while I was driving, showering, socializing or sleeping, I would do it.

As I discovered, there is a great deal of similarity between a boom-bust process in the financial markets and the rise and fall of the Soviet system.

O time! swift devourer of all created things!

Healthy discontent is the prelude to progress.

To a pitcher, a base hit is the perfect example of negative feedback.