Etiquette means behaving yourself a little better than is absolutely essential.

Etiquette means behaving yourself a little better than is absolutely essential.

The two most abundant things in the universe are Hydrogen and stupidity.

The two most abundant things in the universe are Hydrogen and stupidity.

To many, total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

To many, total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

If intellection and knowledge were mere passion from without, or the bare reception of extraneous and adventitious forms, then no read more

If intellection and knowledge were mere passion from without, or the bare reception of extraneous and adventitious forms, then no reason could be given at all why a mirror or looking-glass should not understand; whereas it cannot so much as sensibly perceive those images which it receives and reflects to us.

I wish they would only take me as I am. - Dear Theo: Autobiography of Vincent Van Gogh.

I wish they would only take me as I am. - Dear Theo: Autobiography of Vincent Van Gogh.

It can be helpful simply to make a written or mental list of the things you do each day. Then read more

It can be helpful simply to make a written or mental list of the things you do each day. Then give yourself a mental credit for each of them, however small. This will help you focus on what you have done instead of what you haven't gotten around to do. It may sound simplistic, but it works.

Weak souls always set to work at the wrong time.

Weak souls always set to work at the wrong time.

Liberty is being free from the things we don't like in order to be slaves of the things we do read more

Liberty is being free from the things we don't like in order to be slaves of the things we do like.

From the naturalistic point of view, all men are equal. There are only two exceptions to this rule of naturalistic read more

From the naturalistic point of view, all men are equal. There are only two exceptions to this rule of naturalistic equality: geniuses and idiots.