Every now and then we discover in the seething mass of humanity round us a person who does not seem to need anybody else, and the contrast with ourselves is stinging.

Ideas are the root of creation.

Reading, to most people, means an ashamed way of killing time disguised under a dignified name

Education is the methodical creation of the habit of thinking.

Mankind might be divided between multitude who hate to be kept waiting because they get bored and the happy few who rather like it because it gives them time for thought.

Americans cannot realize how many chances for mental improvement they lose by their inveterate habit of keeping six conversations when there are twelve in the room.

The object of reflection is invariably the discovery of something satisfying to the mind which was not there at the beginning of the search.