Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.
Happiness,” said he, “must be something solid and permanent, without fear and without uncertainty.
Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it. When we enquire into any subject, the first thing we have to do is to know what books have treated of it. This leads us to look at catalogues, and at the backs of books in libraries.
There is no problem the mind of man can set that the mind of man cannot solve.
A secret in his mouth, is like a wild bird put into a cage; whose door no sooner opens, but ’tis out.
Sir, a woman’s preaching is like a dog’s walking on his hind legs. It is not done well; but you are surprised to find it done at all.
The opinions prevalent in one age, as truths above the reach of controversy, are confuted and rejected in another, and rise again to reception in remoter times. Thus the human mind is kept in motion without progress.
Parts are not to be examined till the whole has been surveyed; there is a kind of intellectual remoteness necessary for the comprehension of any great work in its full design and its true proportions; a close approach shews the smaller niceties, but the beauty of the whole is discerned no longer.
Great works are performed, not by strength, but by perseverance.
Hope is itself a species of happiness, and perhaps, the chief happiness which this world affords.
I look upon it that a man who does not mind his stomach would hardly mind anything else.
A second marriage is a triumph of hope over experience.
O, it is excellent To have a giant’s strength; but it is tyrannous To use it like a giant.
Human life is every where a state in which much is to be endured, and little to be enjoyed.
Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.
There are few things that we so unwillingly give up, even in advanced age, as the supposition that we still have the power of ingratiating ourselves with the fair sex.
Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.
Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.
Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don’t think of retiring from the world, until the world will be sorry that you retire.