Interest makes some people blind, and others quick-sighted.

Interest makes some people blind, and others quick-sighted.

Shoot for the moon, even if you miss you will land among the stars.

Shoot for the moon, even if you miss you will land among the stars.

Knowledge of the world in only to be acquired in the world, and not in a closet.

Knowledge of the world in only to be acquired in the world, and not in a closet.

Knowledge, a rude unprofitable mass, the mere materials with which wisdom builds, till smoothed and squared and fitted to its read more

Knowledge, a rude unprofitable mass, the mere materials with which wisdom builds, till smoothed and squared and fitted to its place, does but encumber whom it seems to enrich. Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much; wisdom is humble that he knows no more.

I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.

I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.

It is an old maxim of mine that when you have excluded the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be read more

It is an old maxim of mine that when you have excluded the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. - The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, "The Beryl Coronet".

Experience teaches only the teachable.

Experience teaches only the teachable.

When in doubt, make a fool of yourself. There is a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative and acting read more

When in doubt, make a fool of yourself. There is a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative and acting like the most gigantic idiot on earth. So what the hell, leap.

If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one.

If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one.