It is inconceivable how much wit it requires to avoid being ridiculous.

Man may aspire to virtue, but he cannot reasonably aspire to truth.

Most of those who make collections of verse or epigram are like men eating cherries or oysters: they choose out the best at first, and end by eating all.

In great matters, men behave as they are expected to; in little ones, as they would naturally

Knowledge is boundless,--human capacity, limited.

Too elevated qualities often unfit a man for society. We do not go to market with ingots, but with silver and small change.

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