The more I see of men, the less I like them. If I could but say so of women too, all would be well. 710
Knowledge is not happiness, and science but an exchange of ignorance for that which is another kind of ignorance. 813
I live not in myself, but I become portion of that around me; and to me high mountains are a feeling, but the hum of human cities torture. 1.92K
Years steal fire from the mind as vigour from the limb; and life’s enchanted cup but sparkles near the brim. 632
The public buys its opinions as it buys its meat or takes in its milk, on the principle that it is cheaper to do this than keep a cow. So it is, but the milk is more likey to be watered. 1.06K
The test of a first-rate work, and a test of your sincerity in calling it a first-rate work, is that you finish it. 699
