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.

A tough lesson to learn in life is that not everyone wishes you well.

A tough lesson to learn in life is that not everyone wishes you well.

I am learning all the time. The tombstone will be my diploma.

I am learning all the time. The tombstone will be my diploma.

Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.

Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.

The king to Oxford sent a troop of horse,
For Tories own no argument but force;
With read more

The king to Oxford sent a troop of horse,
For Tories own no argument but force;
With equal care, to Cambridge books he sent,
For Whigs allow no force but argument.

Knowing when to leave may be the smartest thing anyone can learn.

Knowing when to leave may be the smartest thing anyone can learn.

The difference between what the most and the least learned people know is inexpressibly trivial in relation to that which read more

The difference between what the most and the least learned people know is inexpressibly trivial in relation to that which is unknown.

If you hold a cat by the tail you learn things you cannot learn any other way.

If you hold a cat by the tail you learn things you cannot learn any other way.

I have learned that to have a good friend is the purest of all God's gifts, for it is a read more

I have learned that to have a good friend is the purest of all God's gifts, for it is a love that has no exchange of payment