Would you persuade, speak of interest, not of reason. We must, indeed, all hang together or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately. We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid. Up, sluggard, and waste not life; in the grave will be sleeping enough. To succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at conclusions. To bear other peoples afflictions, every one has courage enough, and to spare. To be humble to superiors is duty, to equals courtesy, to inferiors nobleness. What signifies knowing the names, if you know not the nature of things. All things are easy to industry, all things are difficult to sloth. Either write things worth reading or do things worth the writing. |