When Honor's sun declines, and Wealth takes wings,
Then Learning shines, the best of precious things.

When Honor's sun declines, and Wealth takes wings,
Then Learning shines, the best of precious things.

There is no other Royal path which leads to geometry.

There is no other Royal path which leads to geometry.

In the end we retain from our studies only that which we practically apply.

In the end we retain from our studies only that which we practically apply.

The difference between what the most and the least learned people know is inexpressibly trivial in relation to that which read more

The difference between what the most and the least learned people know is inexpressibly trivial in relation to that which is unknown.

I am always ready to learn although I do not always like to be taught.

I am always ready to learn although I do not always like to be taught.

Never let formal education get in the way of your learning.

Never let formal education get in the way of your learning.

I am learning all the time. The tombstone will be my diploma.

I am learning all the time. The tombstone will be my diploma.

The languages, especially the dead,
The sciences, and most of all the abstruse,
The arts, at least read more

The languages, especially the dead,
The sciences, and most of all the abstruse,
The arts, at least all such as could be said
To be the most remote from common use,
In all these he was much and deeply read.

There is the love of knowing without the love of learning; the
beclouding here leads to dissipation of mind.

There is the love of knowing without the love of learning; the
beclouding here leads to dissipation of mind.