Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.
From Samuel Johnson
Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o'clock is a scoundrel.
Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.
Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
The chief glory of every people arises from its authors.
A man of genius has been seldom ruined but by himself.
When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.
The two offices of memory are collection and distribution.
Between falsehood and useless truth there is little difference. As gold which he cannot spend will make no man rich, so knowledge which cannot apply will make no man wise.
What makes all doctrines plain and clear? About two hundred pounds a year. And that which was proved true before, prove false again? Two hundred more.
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