The learned and the studious of thought have no monopoly of wisdom. Their violence of direction in some degree disqualifies them to think truly.

The secrets of life are not shown except to sympathy and likeness.

There is a time when a man distinguishes the idea of felicity from the idea of wealth; it is the beginning of wisdom.

Never read any book that is not a year old.

We love force and we care very little how it is exhibited.

Commit a crime, and the earth is made of glass.

All is a riddle, and the key to a riddle...is another riddle.