When night hath set her silver lamp high,
Then is the time for study.

When night hath set her silver lamp high,
Then is the time for study.

The whole worl's in a state o' chassis.

The whole worl's in a state o' chassis.

It always seems impossible until its done.

It always seems impossible until its done.

Priding himself in the pursuits of an inglorious ease.
[Lat., Studiis florentem ignobilis oti.]

Priding himself in the pursuits of an inglorious ease.
[Lat., Studiis florentem ignobilis oti.]

As turning the logs will make a dull fire burn, so changes of
studies a dull brain.

As turning the logs will make a dull fire burn, so changes of
studies a dull brain.

He who studies books alone will know how things ought to be, and he who studies men will know how read more

He who studies books alone will know how things ought to be, and he who studies men will know how they are.

There are more men ennobled by study than by nature.

There are more men ennobled by study than by nature.

Before we can study the central issues of life today, we must destroy the prejudices and fallacies born of previous read more

Before we can study the central issues of life today, we must destroy the prejudices and fallacies born of previous centuries

So study evermore is overshot.
While it doth study to have what it would,
It doth forget read more

So study evermore is overshot.
While it doth study to have what it would,
It doth forget to do the thing it should;
And when it hath the thing it hunteth most,
'Tis won as towns with fire; so won, so lost.