Whenever a man seeks your advice he generally seeks your praise.

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.

God is always creating something new, He wants to give us new information and reveal to us new secrets in order to exalt us over this world

It's a full time job with a part-time companion.

A memory is lodged in the mind but a feeling inhabits the whole body

At the beginning of 1955 only about 60 percent of American homes had TVs.

The fourfold root of the principle of sufficent reason is "Anything perceived has a cause. All conclusions have premises. All effects have causes. All actions have motives.

I followed my wanderlust. It bruised me sometimes, and took me to all kinds of highs. Now that my thirst is slaked, I get to start anew.

The image is one thing and the human being is another...it's very hard to live up to an image.

We chase the reward, we get the reward and then we discover that the true reward is always the next reward. Buying pleasure is a false end.

We'd failed, maybe, but some mysteries aren't meant to be solved.

Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of those who mutilate the flesh!