Teach a parrot the terms 'supply and demand' and you've got an economist.

The whole past is the procession of the present.

A well-written life is almost as rare as a well-spent one.

I came hither [Craigenputtoch] solely with the design to simplify my way of life and to secure the independence through which I could be enabled to remain true to myself.

Man, it is not thy works, which are mortal, infinitely little, and the greatest no greater than the least, but only the spirit thou workest in, that can have worth or continuance.

Conviction is worthless unless it is converted into conduct.

There is something in man which your science cannot satisfy.