Character must be kept bright as well as clean.

Character must be kept bright as well as clean.

Either you think -- or else others have to think for you and take power from you, pervert and discipline read more

Either you think -- or else others have to think for you and take power from you, pervert and discipline your natural tastes, civilize and sterilize you.

Look alive. Here comes a buzzard.

Look alive. Here comes a buzzard.

A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.

A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.

Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then be useful where your read more

Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then be useful where your own self-love might impair your judgment.

The freethinking of one age is the common sense of the next.

The freethinking of one age is the common sense of the next.

An unexamined life is not worth living.

An unexamined life is not worth living.

He has conferred on the practice of vacillation the aura of statesmanship.

He has conferred on the practice of vacillation the aura of statesmanship.

You can't shake hands with a clenched fist.

You can't shake hands with a clenched fist.