The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading in order to write. A man will turn over half a library to make a book.
A man will turn over half a library to make one book.
In order that all men may be taught to speak the truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it.
By seeing London, I have seen as much of life as the world can show.
Your manuscript is both good and original; but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good.
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
Actions are visible, though motives are secret.
When making your choice in life, do not neglect to live.
So many objections may be made to everything, that nothing can overcome them but the necessity of doing something.
We are long before we are convinced that happiness is never to be found, and each believes it possessed by others, to keep alive the hope of obtaining it for himself.
From the middle of life onward, only he remains vitally alive who is ready to die with life.
He that overvalues himself will undervalue others, and he that undervalues others will oppress them.
Paradise Lost is a book that, once put down, is very hard to pick up again.
Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.
Wine makes a man more pleased with himself; I do not say it makes him more pleasing to others.
Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.
He who praises everybody, praises nobody.
Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.
The future is purchased by the present.
It is reasonable to have perfection in our eye that we may always advance toward it, though we know it can never be reached.
