It is as hard to see one's self as to look backwards without turning around.

I am not afraid that I shall exaggerate the value and significance of life, but that I shall not be up to the occasion which it is.

The discoveries which we make abroad are special and particular; those which we make at home are general and significant. The further off, the nearer the surface. The nearer home, the deeper.

Almost any man knows how to earn money, but not one in a million knows how to spend it.

Is the babe young? When I behold it, it seems more venerable than the oldest man.

Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it for love of it.

There are many skillful apprentices, but few master workmen.