Mine is better than ours.

The man who does things makes mistakes, but he doesn't make the biggest mistake of all-doing nothing.

In order for three people to keep a secret, two must be dead.

We are all born without knowledge, but curious. With curiosity we should be able to learn as much as possible. With curiosity, it has to take a lot of work to remain ignorant.

Furnished as all Europe now is with Academies of Science, with nice instruments and the spirit of experiment, the progress of human knowledge will be rapid and discoveries made of which we have at present no conception. I begin to be almost sorry I was born so soon, since I cannot have the happiness of knowing what will be known a hundred years hence.

He that lives upon hope will die fasting.

The second vice is lying, the first is running in debt.