Thus like a Captive in an Isle confin'd, Man walks at large, a Pris'ner of the Mind

Show Holmes a drop of water and he would deduce the existence of the Atlantic. Show it to me and I would look for a tap. That was the difference between us.

Great opportunities come to all but many do not know they have met them. The only preparation to take advantage of them is simple fidelity to watch what each day brings.

The quickest way of ending a war is to lose it.

Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few.

I have to admit: I have been known to be obsessively neat and like things arranged just so.

If, like many others, you are concerned social media is making people and cultures shallow, I propose we teach more people how to swim and together explore the deeper end of the pool.

Surely love has nothing to do with the mind, it is not the product of the mind; love is entirely independent of calculation, of thought.

The wind in a man's face makes him wise.

Do you want to be rich or not? Let's get focused on that, buddy

Provided that God be glorified, we must not care by whom.