There are more fools than wise men, and even in a wise man there is more folly than wisdom.

Nature never said to me: Do not be poor; still less did she say: Be rich; her cry to me was always: Be independent.

Preoccupation with money is the great test of small natures, but only a small test of great ones.

Knowledge is boundless,--human capacity, limited.

It is passion that makes man live; wisdom makes one only last.

Most books today seemed to have been written overnight from books read the day before.

There some trifles well habited, as there are some fools well clothed.