We must be doing something to be happy.
Learning is the knowledge of that which none but the learned know.
The contemplation of truth and beauty is the proper object for which we were created, which calls forth the most intense desires of the soul, and of which it never tires.
Conceit is vanity driven from all other shifts, and forced to appeal to itself for admiration.
Though familiarity may not breed contempt, it takes off the edge of admiration.
Confidence gives a fool the advantage over a wise man.