Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.

Admire as much as you can, most people don't admire enough.

All experience is great providing you live through it.

Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.

Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.

I do not think it worth while to wait for enjoyment until there is some real opportunity for it.

The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.

April, dressed in all his trim, hath put a spirit of youth in everything.

Judge each day not by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant.

It isn't a sadness, but a joy, that we don't do the same things for the length of our lives.

A genuinely happy person is one who has rendered others happy.

If you want to look good in front of thousands, you have to outwork thousands in front of nobody.