There are three schoolmasters for everybody that will employ them - the senses, intelligent companions, and books.

There are three schoolmasters for everybody that will employ them - the senses, intelligent companions, and books.

All of us, at certain moments of our lives, need to take advice and to receive help from other people. read more

All of us, at certain moments of our lives, need to take advice and to receive help from other people. - Reflections on Life.

Be awfully nice to them going up, because you're gonna meet them all coming down.

Be awfully nice to them going up, because you're gonna meet them all coming down.

A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.

A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.

Nine-tenths of wisdom consists in being wise in time.

Nine-tenths of wisdom consists in being wise in time.

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.

Had there been no difficulties and no thorns in the way, then man would have been in his primitive state read more

Had there been no difficulties and no thorns in the way, then man would have been in his primitive state and no progress made in civilization and mental culture.

Just do what you do best.

Just do what you do best.

I have found it is much easier to make a success in life than to make a success of one's read more

I have found it is much easier to make a success in life than to make a success of one's life.