Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short intermissions. 1.91K
Leisure and curiosity might soon make great advances in useful knowledge, were they not diverted by minute emulation and laborious trifles. 610
Between falsehood and useless truth there is little difference. As gold which he cannot spend will make no man rich, so knowledge which cannot apply will make no man wise. 638
He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts. 696
Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful. 745
Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it. 604
Depend upon it, Sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully. 2.32K
Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information. 2.01K
