“We are to seek wisdom and understanding only in the length of days.” — Robert Hall Quote

We are to seek wisdom and understanding only in the length of days.

Of all the species of literary composition, perhaps biography is the most delightful. The attention concentrated on one individual gives a unity to the materials of which it is composed, which is wanting in general history.

Mankind are apt to be strongly prejudiced in favor of whatever is countenanced by antiquity, enforced by authority, and recommended by custom.

In matters of conscience, first thoughts are best. In matters of prudence, last thoughts are best.

Call things by their right names - Glass of brandy and water! That is the current, but not the appropriate name; ask for a glass of liquid fire and distilled damnation.

It's unbelievable how much you don't know about the game you've been playing all your life.

For the happiest life, days should be rigorously planned, nights left open to chance.

Everyone goes through adversity in life, but what matters is how you learn from it.

The greatest trap in our life is not success, popularity or power, but self-rejection.

When you're scared, when you're hanging on, when life is hurting you, then you're going to see what you're really made of.