"A learned blockhead is a greater blockhead..." - Quote by Benjamin Franklin

“The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all others, charity.”

“If you would persuade, you must appeal to interest rather than intellect.”

“I have been apt to think that there has never been, nor ever will be, any such thing as a good war, or a bad peace.”

“Exact science and its practical movements are no checks on the greatest poet, but always his encouragement and support ... The sailor and traveller, the anatomist, chemist, astronomer, geologist, phrenologist, spiritualist, mathematician, historian and lexicographer are not poets, but they are the lawgivers of poets and their construction underlies the structure of every perfect poem.”

“The salesman knows nothing of what he is selling save that he is charging a great deal too much for it.”

“'But the man who is ready to taste every form of knowledge, is glad to learn and never satisfied - he's the man who deserves to be called a philosopher, isn't he?'”

“Marriage is the triumph of imagination over intelligence. Second marriage is the triumph of hope over experience.”

“Good thoughts are blessed guests, and should be heartily welcomed, well fed, and much sought after. Like rose leaves, they give out a sweet smell if laid up in the jar of memory.”

“To know one's ignorance is the best part of knowledge.”