As to diseases, make a habit of two things - to help, or at least, to do no harm. - read more

As to diseases, make a habit of two things - to help, or at least, to do no harm. - Epidemics.

Advice: the smallest current coin.

Advice: the smallest current coin.

Let him that would move the world first move himself.

Let him that would move the world first move himself.

You have to believe in God before you can say there are things that man was not meant to know. read more

You have to believe in God before you can say there are things that man was not meant to know. I don't think there's anything man wasn't meant to know. There are just some stupid things that people shouldn't do.

Often a noble face hides filthy ways.

Often a noble face hides filthy ways.

At night, when the curtains are drawn and the fire flickers, my books attain a collective dignity.

At night, when the curtains are drawn and the fire flickers, my books attain a collective dignity.

Learning hath gained most by those books by which the printers have lost.

Learning hath gained most by those books by which the printers have lost.

A mistake is simply another way of doing things.

A mistake is simply another way of doing things.

The most wonderfully complex fictional character is much less complicated than the most boring actual person.

The most wonderfully complex fictional character is much less complicated than the most boring actual person.