A little learning is a dangerous thing, but a lot of ignorance is just as bad.

A little learning is a dangerous thing, but a lot of ignorance is just as bad.

When a true genius appears in the world you may know him by this sign: that all the dunces are read more

When a true genius appears in the world you may know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in confederacy against him.

You can't shake hands with a clenched fist.

You can't shake hands with a clenched fist.

Life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity and stumble from defeat to defeat.

Life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity and stumble from defeat to defeat.

I don't understand complicated problems. I only understand simple ones.

I don't understand complicated problems. I only understand simple ones.

You live with your thoughts -- so be careful what they are.

You live with your thoughts -- so be careful what they are.

Give her two red roses, each with a note. The first note says "For the woman I love" and the read more

Give her two red roses, each with a note. The first note says "For the woman I love" and the second, "For my best friend.".

A refined simplicity is the characteristic of all high bred deportment, in every country, and a considerate humanity should be read more

A refined simplicity is the characteristic of all high bred deportment, in every country, and a considerate humanity should be the aim of all beneath it.

I want there to be no peasant in my kingdom so poor that he cannot have a chicken in his read more

I want there to be no peasant in my kingdom so poor that he cannot have a chicken in his pot every Sunday.