I take all knowledge to be my province.

Reading maketh a full man.

Discretion in speech is more than eloquence.

This world's a bubble.

The folly of one man is the fortune of another.

All the crimes on earth do not destroy so many of the human race nor alienate so much property as drunkenness.

A man finds himself seven years older the day after his marriage.

For all knowledge and wonder (which is the seed of knowledge) is an impression of pleasure in itself.

Old wood best to burn old wine to drink old friends to trust and old authors to read.

The best work and of greatest merit for the public has proceeded from the unmarried or childless men.

A healthy body is a guest-chamber for the soul a sick body is a prison.

No matter how hard you try, you can’t please everyone”.

There's only so much you can teach a person until you reach the limits of his capabilities.

I don't like defining myself. I just am.

The Founders didn't mention political parties when they wrote the Constitution, and George Washington in essence warned us against them in his Farewell Address.

Becoming wealthy is not a matter of how much you earn, who your parents are, or what you do.. it is a matter of managing your money properly.

Sooner I'd try to change history than turn political, than try convincing others to write letters or to vote or to march or to do something they didn't already feel like doing.

Worry, fear, self-distrust bows the heart and turns the spirit back to dust.

Above all I am not concerned with Poetry. My subject is War, and the pity of War. The Poetry is in the pity.

Words are power. And a book is full of words. Be careful what power you get from it. But know that you do.