To be conscious that you are ignorant is a great step to knowledge.

My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.

Enthusiasm is that secret and harmonious spirit which hovers over the production of genius.

The more extensive a man's knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be his power of knowing what to do.

Where knowledge ends, religion begins.

Nothing can resist the human will that will stake even its existence on its stated purpose.

The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.

As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information.

Life is not dated merely by years. Events are sometimes the best calendars.

Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.