Labor humanizes, exalts.

Books are the most mannerly of companions, accessible at all times, in all moods, frankly declaring the author's mind, without offense.

Easy come, easy go... "Achieve-everything-while-doing-nothing" schemes don't work, they are just not logical

That is a good book which is opened with expectation, and closed with delight and profit.

Anger is the resentment of the animal, and gentle blood alone makes the gentleman.

Nature is thought immersed in matter. . .

Who knows, the mind has the key to all things besides.