to be nobody-but-myself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make me everybody else means, read more

to be nobody-but-myself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make me everybody else means, to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight, and never stop fighting.

Good men prefer to be accountable.

Good men prefer to be accountable.

Character is more important than intelligence for success.

Character is more important than intelligence for success.

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.

Studies serve for delight, for ornaments, and for ability.

Studies serve for delight, for ornaments, and for ability.

The shortest distance between two points is under construction.

The shortest distance between two points is under construction.

Vice is a creature of such hideous mien... that the more you see it the better you like it.

Vice is a creature of such hideous mien... that the more you see it the better you like it.

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.

One stumble is enough to deface the character of an honorable life.

One stumble is enough to deface the character of an honorable life.