The world is seldom what it seems; to man, who dimly sees, realities appear as dreams, and dreams realities.
From Samuel Johnson
Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
From the middle of life onward, only he remains vitally alive who is ready to die with life.
Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of success to another, forming new wishes and seeing them gratified.
Those who attain any excellence, commonly spend life in one pursuit; for excellence is not often gained upon easier terms.
It is more from carelessness about truth than from intentionally lying that there is so much falsehood in the world.
The true art of memory is the art of attention.
It is reasonable to have perfection in our eye that we may always advance toward it, though we know it can never be reached.
A man ought to read just as inclination leads him, for what he reads as a task will do him little good.
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