Of a thousand shavers, two do not shave so much alike as not to be distinguished.

He that hopes to look back hereafter with satisfaction upon past years must learn to know the present value of single minutes, and endeavour to let no particle of time fall useless to the ground.

I would advise no man to marry who is not likely to propagate understanding.

It is better to live rich than to die rich.

Life is surely given us for higher purposes than to gather what our ancestors have wisely thrown away, and to learn what is of no value but because it has been forgotten.

It is a maxim that no man was ever enslaved by influence while he was fit to be free.

There are two types of knowledge. One is knowing a thing. The other is knowing where to find it.