A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.

A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.

That stone, . . .
Philosophers in vain so long have sought.

That stone, . . .
Philosophers in vain so long have sought.

How charming is divine philosophy!
Not harsh, and crabbed, as full fools suppose,
But musical as is read more

How charming is divine philosophy!
Not harsh, and crabbed, as full fools suppose,
But musical as is Apollo's lute,
And a perpetual feast of nectar'd sweets,
Where no crude surfeit reigns.

My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you’ll be happy; if not, you’ll become read more

My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you’ll be happy; if not, you’ll become a philosopher.

A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism; but depth in
philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion.

A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism; but depth in
philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion.

Philosophy: unintelligible answers to insoluble problems.

Philosophy: unintelligible answers to insoluble problems.

I am sure it is one's duty as a teacher to try to show boys that no opinions, no tastes, read more

I am sure it is one's duty as a teacher to try to show boys that no opinions, no tastes, no emotions are worth much unless they are one's own. I suffered acutely as a boy from the lack of being shown this. - The Upton Letters.

No other job in the world could possibly dispossess one so completely as this job of teaching. You could stand read more

No other job in the world could possibly dispossess one so completely as this job of teaching. You could stand all day in a laundry, for instance, still in possession of your mind. But this teaching utterly obliterates you. It cuts right into your being: essentially, it takes over your spirit. It drags it out from where it would hide. - Spinster.

The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next.

The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next.