It is unpleasant to miss even the most trifling thing to which we have been accustomed.

Our earthly ball a peopled garden.

Many people take no care of their money till they come nearly to the end of it, and others do just the same with their time.

Science has been seriously retarded by the study of what is not worth knowing and of what is not knowable.

Begin by instructing yourself, then you will receive instruction from others.

Several classical sayings that one likes to repeat had quite a different meaning from the ones later times attributed to them.

Self knowledge is best learned not by contemplation, but by action.