Our minds are like our stomaches; they are whetted by the change of their food, and variety supplies both with fresh appetite.

From writing rapidly it does not result that one writes well, but from writing well it results that one writes rapidly.

Our minds are like our stomaches; they are whetted by the change of their food, and variety supplies both with fresh appetite.

The prosperous can not easily form a right idea of misery.

As regards parents, I should like to see them as highly educated as possible, and I do not restrict this remark to fathers alone.

Nothing is more dangerous to men than a sudden change of fortune.

If you direct your whole thought to work itself, none of the things which invade eyes or ears will reach the mind.