There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which is lost by not trying.

Again there is another great and powerful cause why the sciences have made but little progress; which is this. It is not possible to run a course aright when the goal itself has not been rightly placed.

I regret not starting to paint earlier...It is one of the few things I do regret.

Who questions much, shall learn much, and retain much.

We think according to nature. We speak according to rules. We act according to custom.

Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid.

Money is a great treasure that only increases as you give it away.