Be wiser than other people, if you can, but do not tell them so.

Be wiser than other people, if you can, but do not tell them so.

My evil genius Procrastination has whispered me to tarry 'til a more convenient season.

My evil genius Procrastination has whispered me to tarry 'til a more convenient season.

Firmness in enduring and exertion is a character I always wish to possess. I have always despised the whining yelp read more

Firmness in enduring and exertion is a character I always wish to possess. I have always despised the whining yelp of complaint and cowardly resolve.

Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile I caught hell for.

Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile I caught hell for.

Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to
improve themselves; they therefore remain bound.

Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to
improve themselves; they therefore remain bound.

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.

No man can live happily who regards himself alone, who turns everything
to his own advantage. Thou must live for read more

No man can live happily who regards himself alone, who turns everything
to his own advantage. Thou must live for another, if thou wishest to live
for thyself.

In some sense man is a microcosm of the universe; therefore what man is,
is a clue to the universe. read more

In some sense man is a microcosm of the universe; therefore what man is,
is a clue to the universe. We are enfolded in the universe.

Find your horse. Discover the direction the horse is going. Ride the
horse in that direction.

Find your horse. Discover the direction the horse is going. Ride the
horse in that direction.