In my own time there have been inventions of this sort, transparent windows tubes for diffusing warmth equally through all parts of a building short-hand, which has been carried to such a perfection that a writer can keep pace with the most rapid speaker. But the inventing of such things is drudgery for the lowest slaves; philosophy lies deeper. It is not her office to teach men how to use their hands. The object of her lessons is to form the soul.

That is never too often repeated, which is never sufficiently learned.

With parsimony a little is sufficient; without it nothing is sufficient; but frugality makes a poor man rich.

Many men would have arrived at wisdom had they not believed themselves to have arrived there already.

Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind.

A man who suffers or stresses before it is necessary, suffers more than is necessary

That which has been endured with difficulty is remedied with delight.