Gambling with cards or dice or stocks is all one thing. It's getting money without giving an equivalent for it.
I once asked a hermit in Italy how he could venture to live alone in a single cottage on the top of a mountain a mile from any habitation? He replied that Providence was his next-door neighbor.
Sciences may be learned by rote but wisdom not.
An English man does not travel to see English men.
In solitude the mind gains strength and learns to lean upon itself.
Losing my anonymity in this world I think is something that I find...
Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own...
You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.
