In all recorded history there has not been one economist who has had to worry about where the next meal would come from.
The truth is always a compound of two half- truths, and you never reach it, because there is always something more to say.
If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things.
Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn whatever state I am in, therin to be content
It is not enough to aim; you must hit.
Few people think more than two or three times a year; I have made an international reputation for myself by thinking once or twice a week.
Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.