Nothing is little to him that feels it with great sensibility.

Hope is itself a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness which this world affords.

A man of genius has been seldom ruined but by himself.

No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned.

Much like a subtle spider which doth sit In middle of her web, which spreadeth wide; If aught do touch the utmost thread of it, She feels it instantly on every…

We won't be deceived by words such as Indispensable, Unique, and Great. Someone else indispensable and unique and great can always be found at a moment's notic…

A diamond was laying in the street covered with dirt. Many fools passed by. Someone who knew diamonds picked it up.