Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly.
A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
There was a time when our desire for each other would have landed us in an asylum or prison, had it not been sanctioned by mutual assent. True or false.
Champagne for my real friends, real pain for my sham friends.
Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.
For friends... do but look upon good Books: they are true friends, that will neither flatter nor dissemble.
Nature cannot be commanded except by being obeyed.
People of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too little, repent too soon and seldom drive business home to it’s conclusion, but content themselves with a mediocrity of success.
Natural abilities are like natural plants; they need pruning by study.
The way of fortune, is like the Milken Way in the sky; which is a meeting or knot of a number of small stars; not seen asunder, but giving light together.
There was never proud man thought so absurdly well of himself, as the lover doth of the person loved; and therefore it was well said, That it is impossible to love, and to be wise.