What can we see, read, acquire, but ourselves. Take the book, my friend, and read your eyes out, you will never find there what I find.

If you act, you show character; if you sit still, you show it; if you sleep you show it.

I would study, I would know, I would admire forever.

So use all that is called Fortune. Most men gamble with her, and gain all, and lose all, as her wheel rolls. But do thou leave as unlawful these winnings, and deal with Cause and Effect, the Chancellors of God.

We do what we can, and then make a theory to prove our performance the best.

Is there a difference? Yes. We are in harmony with nature, but never at peace.

Some men, at the approach of a dispute, neigh like horses.