If we examine our thoughts we shall find them always occupied with the past and the future.

If thou would'st have that stream of hard-earn'd knowledge of Wisdom heaven-born remain sweet running waters thou should'st not leave it to become a stagnant pond.

Treat a work of art like a prince. Let it speak to you first.

The fool who persists in his folly will become wise.

The history of philosophy is to a great extent that of a certain clash of human temperaments.

Teach us that wealth is not elegance that profusion is not magnificence that splendor is not beauty.

All men make mistakes but only wise men learn from their mistakes.

It is a secret both in nature and state that it is safer to change many things than one.

It seems as if an age of genius must be succeeded by an age of endeavour, riot and extravagance by cleanliness and hard work.

This revolution the information revoultion is a revolution of free energy as well but of another kind: free intellectual energy. It's very crude today yet our Macintosh computer takes less power than a 100-watt bulb to run it and it can save you hours a day. What will it be able to do ten or 20 years from now or 50 years from now?

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