Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.

Dreams, and predictions of astrology....ought to serve but for winter talk by the fireside.

There is no doubt but men of genius and leisure may carry our method to greater perfection, but, having had long experience, we have found none equal to it for the commodiousness it affords in working with the Understanding.

All the crimes on earth do not destroy so many of the human race nor alienate so much property as drunkenness.

Some paint comes across directly onto the nervous system and other paint tells you the story in a long diatribe through the brain.

the serpent if it wants to become the dragon must eat itself.

Young people are fitter to invent than to judge; fitter for execution than for counsel; and more fit for new projects than for settled business.