Our incomes are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch us; but if too large, they cause us to stumble and to trip.

That which is static and repetitive is boring. That which is dynamic and random is confusing. In between lies art. John A.

A sound mind in a sound body is a short but full description of a happy state in this world.

Curiosity in children, is but an appetite for knowledge. One great reason why children abandon themselves wholly to silly pursuits and trifle away their time insipidly is, because they find their curiosity balked, and their inquiries neglected.

Earthly minds, like mud walls, resist the strongest batteries; and though, perhaps, sometimes the force of a clear argument may make some impression, yet they nevertheless stand firm, keep out the enemy, truth, that would captivate or disturbed them.

Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.

It is vain to find fault with those arts of deceiving, wherein men find pleasure to be deceived.

The actions of men are the best interpreters of their thoughts.

The improvement of understanding is for two ends: first, our own increase of knowledge; secondly, to enable us to deliver that knowledge to others.

The great and chief end, therefore, of men’s uniting into commonwealths, and putting themselves under government, is the preservation of their property.