Beware of over-great pleasure in being popular or even beloved.

Beware of over-great pleasure in being popular or even beloved.

We are to admit no more causes of natural things than such as are both true and sufficient to explain read more

We are to admit no more causes of natural things than such as are both true and sufficient to explain their appearances.

There is one advantage to having nothing, it never needs repair.

There is one advantage to having nothing, it never needs repair.

Do not hold everything as gold which shines like gold.

Do not hold everything as gold which shines like gold.

We understood
Her by her sight; her pure and eloquent blood
Spoke in her cheeks, and so read more

We understood
Her by her sight; her pure and eloquent blood
Spoke in her cheeks, and so distinctly wrought
That one might almost say her body thought.
- Dr. John Donne,

Know first who you are; and then adorn yourself accordingly.

Know first who you are; and then adorn yourself accordingly.

The essence of worldliness is exclusion of God.

The essence of worldliness is exclusion of God.

Even I don't wake up looking like Cindy Crawford.

Even I don't wake up looking like Cindy Crawford.

If there is a single quality that is shared by all great men, it is vanity. But I mean by read more

If there is a single quality that is shared by all great men, it is vanity. But I mean by "vanity" only that they appreciate their own worth. Without this kind of vanity they would not be great. And with vanity alone, of course, a man is nothing.