Some read to think, these are rare; some to write, these are common; and some read to talk, and these form the great majority.

Doubt is the vestibule through which all must pass before they can enter into the temple of wisdom.

For all the practical purposes of life, truth might as well be in a prison as in the folio of a schoolman; and those who release her from her cobwebbed shelf and teach her to live with men have the merit of liberating, if not of discovering, her.

There are some men who are fortune's favorites, and who, like cats, light forever on their legs.

The man of pleasure, by a vain attempt to be more happy than any man can be, is often more miserable than most men are.

For one man who sincerely pities our misfortunes, there are a thousand who sincerely hate our success.

If you would be known, and not know, vegetate in a village; if you would know, and not be known, live in a city.