More is got from one book on which the thought settles for a definite end in knowledge, than from libraries skimmed over by a wandering eye.

Business dispatched is business well done, but business hurried is business ill done.

Never get a reputation for a small perfection if you are trying for fame in a loftier area. The world can only judge by generals, and it sees that those who pay considerable attention to minutiae seldom have their minds occupied with great things.

Books are but waste paper unless we spend in action the wisdom we get from thought.

Time, O my friend, is money! Time wasted can never conduce to money well managed.

Men of strong affections are jealous of their own genius. They fear lest they should be loved for a quality, and not for themselves.

If thou be industrious to procure wealth, be generous in the disposal of it. Man never is so happy as when he giveth happiness unto another.