“Care not who is richer or more learned than thou, if none be more generous and loving.”

“One will abide, and will confess that another is nobler than he, that another is richer, more handsome, and even that he is more learned, but that another is richer in reason scarcely any will confess: Rare is he who will concede genius.”

“Mark it, nuncle.Have more than thou showest,Speak less than thou knowest,Lend less than thou owest,Ride more than thou goest,Learn more than thou trowest,Set less than thou throwest,Leave thy drink and thy whoreAnd keep in-a-door,And thou shalt have moreThan two tens to a score.”

“Nothing is generous. New knowledge is a valuable commodity. The more truth we have to work with, the richer we are.”

“There are few things more pathetic than those who have lost their curiosity and sense of adventure, and who no longer care to learn.”

“As someone who grew up in the Bronx, I certainly learned my share of four-letter words, but none are more powerful than nice.”