When a man is not amused, he feels an involuntary contempt for those who are.

The astronomer who catalogues the stars cannot add one atom to the universe; the poet can call an universe from the atom.

A fresh mind keeps the body fresh. Take in the ideas of the day, drain off those of yesterday.

Money never can be well managed if sought solely through the greed of money for its own sake. In all meanness there is a defect of intellect as well as of heart. And even the cleverness of avarice is but the cunning of imbecility.

Reading without purpose is sauntering not exercise.

In solitude the passions feed upon the heart.

The world thinks eccentricity in great things is genius, but in small things, only crazy.