I Was Born, For Instance, Incapable Of

The Best That Can Be Said Of My Life So Far Is That It Has Been Industrious And The Best That Can Be Said Of Me Is That I Have Not Pretended To What I Was Not.

We Have A Hunger Of The Mind Which Asks For Knowledge Of All Around Us, And The More We Gain, The More Is Our Desire; The More We See, The More We Are Capable Of Seeing.

A Traveller, Lost On A Desert Plain, Feels That The Recognition Of One Star, The Pole Star, Is Of Itself A Great Acquisition.

The Love Of One's Own Sex Is Precious, For It Is Neither Provoked By Vanity Nor Retained By Flattery; It Is Genuine And Sincere.

I Would As Soon Put A Girl Alone Into A Closet To Meditate As Give Her Only The Society Of Her Needle.