"The world is full of books, and the greater part of them are worthless."

"A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions."

"Nature has given to men one tongue, but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak."

"The greatest pleasure in life is to do what people say you cannot do."

"There are some people who, if they don't get a little drunk, say nothing at all worth hearing."