Wear your learning, like a watch, in a private pocket: and do not pull
it out and strike it, merely read more

Wear your learning, like a watch, in a private pocket: and do not pull
it out and strike it, merely to show that you have one.

It is better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness.

It is better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness.

Worry is simply an unhealthy and destructive mental
habit.

Worry is simply an unhealthy and destructive mental
habit.

Honest men esteem and value nothing so much in this world as a real friend. Such a one is as read more

Honest men esteem and value nothing so much in this world as a real friend. Such a one is as it were another self, to whom we impart our most secret thoughts, who partakes of our joy, and comforts us in our affliction; add to this, that his company is an everlasting pleasure to us.

Discipline is the refining fire by which talent becomes ability.

Discipline is the refining fire by which talent becomes ability.

A human being's first responsibility is to shake hands with himself.

A human being's first responsibility is to shake hands with himself.

I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.

I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.

A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.

A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.

The really idle man gets nowhere. The perpetually busy man
does not get much further.

The really idle man gets nowhere. The perpetually busy man
does not get much further.