When we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and
examine ourselves.

When we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and
examine ourselves.

Fill your house with gold and jade, and it can no longer be guarded.

Fill your house with gold and jade, and it can no longer be guarded.

Nothing recedes like success.

Nothing recedes like success.

Of course we all have our limits, but how can you possibly find your boundaries unless you explore as far read more

Of course we all have our limits, but how can you possibly find your boundaries unless you explore as far and as wide as you possibly can? I would rather fail in an attempt at something new and uncharted than safely succeed in a repeat of something I have done.

Pleasure is a shadow, wealth is vanity, and power a pageant; but
knowledge is ecstatic in enjoyment, perennial in frame, read more

Pleasure is a shadow, wealth is vanity, and power a pageant; but
knowledge is ecstatic in enjoyment, perennial in frame, unlimited in space
and indefinite in duration.

The tree that is beside the running water is fresher and gives more fruit.

The tree that is beside the running water is fresher and gives more fruit.

By working hard, you get to play hard guilt-free.

By working hard, you get to play hard guilt-free.

What is the good of being a genius if you cannot use it as an excuse for being unemployed?

What is the good of being a genius if you cannot use it as an excuse for being unemployed?

The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon, but only hold man's
foot long enough to enable read more

The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon, but only hold man's
foot long enough to enable him to put the other somewhat higher.