As a beauty I'm not a great star. Others are handsomer far; but my face -- I don't mind it read more

As a beauty I'm not a great star. Others are handsomer far; but my face -- I don't mind it because I'm behind it; it the folks out in front that I jar.

Knowledge and human power are synonymous.

Knowledge and human power are synonymous.

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.

A thought which does not result in an action is nothing much, and an action which does not proceed from read more

A thought which does not result in an action is nothing much, and an action which does not proceed from a thought is nothing at all.

Every man gets a narrower and narrower field of knowledge in which he must be an expert in order to read more

Every man gets a narrower and narrower field of knowledge in which he must be an expert in order to compete with other people. The specialist knows more and more about less and less and finally knows everything about nothing.

Hasten slowly and ye shall soon arrive.

Hasten slowly and ye shall soon arrive.

Every silver lining has a cloud.

Every silver lining has a cloud.

The hardest part has been maintaining a small head -- remaining down to earth. So many people try to make read more

The hardest part has been maintaining a small head -- remaining down to earth. So many people try to make you more than you are. This business has changed a lot of good people and a lot of good families, and I don't want that to happen to me.

For a man to attain to an eminent degree in learning costs him time, watching, hunger, nakedness, dizziness in the read more

For a man to attain to an eminent degree in learning costs him time, watching, hunger, nakedness, dizziness in the head, weakness in the stomach, and other inconveniences.