The Seeds Of Knowledge May Be Planted

He That Thinks He Can Afford To Be Negligent Is Not Far From Being Poor.

By Forbearing To Do What May Innocently Be Done, We May Add Hourly New Vigor To Resolution.

All Envy Is Proportionate To Desire; We Are Uneasy At The Attainments Of Another, According As We Think Our Own Happiness Would Be Advanced By The Addition Of That Which He Withholds From Us.

None Can Be Pleased Without Praise, And Few Can Be Praised Without Falsehood.

I Remember Very Well, When I Was At Oxford, An Old Gentleman Said To Me, "young Man, Ply Your Book Diligently Now, And Acquire A Stock Of Knowledge; For When Years Come Upon You, You Will Find That Poring Upon Books Will Be But An Irksome Task.