Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short intermissions. 1.94K
Leisure and curiosity might soon make great advances in useful knowledge, were they not diverted by minute emulation and laborious trifles. 642
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. 666
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. 725
Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful. 780
Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it. 629
Depend upon it, Sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully. 2.36K
Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information. 2.04K
