"Begin by instructing yourself, then you will..." - Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

“All that is transitory is but a metaphor.”

“We're really up against it, we poor women: A bachelor's a hard thing to convert”

“The mark of highest originality lies in the ability to develop a familiar idea so fruitfully that it would seem no one else would ever have discovered so much to be hidden in it.”

“A library is all the university you will ever need.”

“Simply making consistent investments in our self-education and knowledge banks pays major dividends throughout our lives.”

“Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.”

“I do not enlighten those who are not eager to learn, nor arouse those who are not anxious to give an explanation themselves. If I have presented one corner of the square and they cannot come back to me with the other three, I should not go over the points again.”

“When the tech geeks talk, I pay close attention.”

“Just as eating against one's will is injurious to health, so studying without a liking for it spoils the memory, and it retains nothing it takes in.”