wisdom Quotes

In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, they had better aim at something high.

Great men, unknown to their generation, have their fame among the great who have preceded them, and all true worldly fame subsides from their high estimate beyond the stars.

Nature and human life are as various as our several constitutions. Who shall say what prospect life offers to another?

If it is surely the means to the highest end we know, can any work be humble or disgusting? Will it not rather be elevating as a ladder, the means by which we are translated?

The Artist is he who detects and applies the law from observation of the works of Genius, whether of man or Nature. The Artisan is he who merely applies the rules which others have detected.

It is best to avoid the beginnings of evil.

Is the babe young? When I behold it, it seems more venerable than the oldest man.

I have always been regretting that I was not as wise as the day I was born.

Before printing was discovered, a century was equal to a thousand years.

What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.