The rose is wont with pride to swell, and ever seeks to rise.

Everything has been thought of before, but the problem is to think of it again.

The miller believes that all the wheat grows so that his mill keeps running.

Man knows himself only insofar as he knows the world, becoming aware of it if only within himself, and of himself self only within it. Each new subject, well observed, opens up within us a new organ of thought.

There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the other, wings.

Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking.

Collectors are happy people.