Interest

I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen

Who questions much, shall learn much, and retain much

People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors

I often quote myself. I find it adds spice to the conversation

What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.

I drink to make other people more interesting

Make it a rule never to give a child a book you would not read yourself.

We should not teach children the sciences; but give them a taste for them.

Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers

None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm

It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest.

The game of golf would lose a great deal if croquet mallets and billiard cues were allowed on the putting green.

Nature and books belong to the eyes that see them.

Men often act knowingly against their interest

There are only two forces that unite men - fear and interest

The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life.

That is a good book which is opened with expectation, and closed with delight and profit

He listens well who takes notes.

Anybody, providing he knows how to be amusing, has the right to talk about himself

The man who never alters his opinions is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind