It is no profit to have learned well, if you neglect to do well.

A book, tight shut, is but a block of paper.

Learning must be had, but in the second place, as subsequent only to greater qualities.

Thereverse side also has a reverse side.

Life is no brief candle- it's a splendid torch!

The more estimable the offender, the greater the torment.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

The warexisting between the senses and reason.

A man'sconversation is the mirror of his thoughts.

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who haveit; to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

Wherethe tongue slips, it speaks the truth.

Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since atleast half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.