No man can tell another his faults so as to benefit him, unless he loves him.

We ought to be ten times as hungry for knowledge as for food for the body.

The head learns new things, but the heart forever practices old experiences.

Cant is the twin sister of hypocrisy.

It's not the work which kills people, it's the worry. It's not the revolution that destroys machinery it's the friction.

Many men are stored full of unused knowledge. Like loaded guns that are never fired off, or military magazines in times of peace, they are stuffed with useless ammunition.

Laws are not masters but servants, and he rules them who obey them.