William Jones Quotes

Live as if you already are what you wish to become.

The Sanskrit language, whatever be its antiquity is of wonderful structure, more perfect than the Greek, more copious than the Latin and more exquisitely refined than either.

Never neglect an opportunity for improvement.

In the whisper of the leaves appears an interchange of love.

My opinion is, that power should always be distrusted, in whatever hands it is placed.

An experiment in nature, like a text in the Bible, is capable of different interpretations, according to the preconceptions of the interpreter.

Of all the things that it is possible to donate, to donate your own body is infinitely more worthwhile.

[I]n every part of this eastern world, from Pekin to Damascus, the popular teachers of moral wisdom have immemorially been poets.

Wherever we direct our attention to Hindu literature the notion of infinity presents itself.

The only road to the highest stations in this country is that of the law.

Seven hours to law, to soothing slumber seven, Ten to the world allot, and all to heaven.

Go boldly forth, my simple lay,Whose accents flow with artless ease,Like orient pearls at random strung.