In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them.

In order to change the world, you have to get your head together first

If you have no problems, then you have no clue to what is going.

It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles.

Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.

Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.

Science may set limits to knowledge, but should not set limits to imagination.

Fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind.

I don't know, I don't care, and it doesn't make any difference.

Each day is a little life; every waking and rising a little birth; every fresh morning a little youth; every going to rest and sleep a little death.

Anywhere you go in the world is what you make of it, not what you read in books.

The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.

Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

Be realistic: Plan for a miracle

The more skilled you are at something, the worse you are at it when showing someone.

The oldest, shortest words- 'yes' and 'no'- are those which require the most thought.

It is hard to fight desire; but to control it is the sign of a reasonable man.

I know I am but mortal and so therewhilst prepare myself for death, whensoever it shall please God to send it.

Only idiots refuse to change their minds.