Miscellaneous

I must put myself in a train of doing... and thereby keep the machine in motion.

I must put myself in a train of doing... and thereby keep the machine in motion.

I rise long before day and work till nightfall, when I take a walk and go to bed.

I rise long before day and work till nightfall, when I take a walk and go to bed.

Finally I paid every bill. My plantation in Pennsylvania had been sold and nothing was left to me but my read more

Finally I paid every bill. My plantation in Pennsylvania had been sold and nothing was left to me but my humble talents.

If I can procure three hundred good substantial names of persons, or bodies, or institutions, I cannot fail to do read more

If I can procure three hundred good substantial names of persons, or bodies, or institutions, I cannot fail to do well for my family, although I must abandon my life to its success, and undergo many sad perplexities and perhaps never see again my own beloved America.

I feel fully decided that we should all go to Europe together and to work as if an established Partnership read more

I feel fully decided that we should all go to Europe together and to work as if an established Partnership for Life consisting of Husband Wife and Children.

I can scarcely manage to scribble a tolerable English letter. I know that I am not a scholar, but meantime read more

I can scarcely manage to scribble a tolerable English letter. I know that I am not a scholar, but meantime I am aware that no man living knows better than I do the habits of our birds.

He (Thomas Hobbes) walked much and contemplated, and he had in the head of his staff a pen and ink-horn, read more

He (Thomas Hobbes) walked much and contemplated, and he had in the head of his staff a pen and ink-horn, carried always a notebook in his pocket, and as soon as a thought darted, he presently entered it into his book, or otherwise he might perhaps ha

I couldn't see it go in because of the mound in front of the green, ... I knew it was read more

I couldn't see it go in because of the mound in front of the green, ... I knew it was going to be close.

He was wont to say that if he had read as much as other men he should have known no read more

He was wont to say that if he had read as much as other men he should have known no more than other men.

He had read much, if one considers his long life; but his contemplation was much more than his reading.

He had read much, if one considers his long life; but his contemplation was much more than his reading.