“Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.”

Grief is a species of idleness.

Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of success to another, forming new wishes and seeing them gratified.

You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not – silence is the sharper sword.

It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.

The future is purchased by the present.

Money and time are the heaviest burdens of life, and the unhappiest of all mortals are those who have more of either than they know how to use.

Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.

No government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it…. There is a remedy in human nature against tyranny, that will keep us safe under every form of government.

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.

Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don’t think of retiring from the world, until the world will be sorry that you retire.

The misery of man proceeds not from any single crush of overwhelming evil, but from small vexations continually repeated.

What is easy is seldom excellent.

Liberty is, to the lowest rank of every nation, little more than the choice of working or starving.

When any calamity is suffered, the first thing to be remembered is, how much has been escaped.

None but a fool worries about things he cannot influence.

A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek.

I flee who chases me and chase who flees me.

If I see anything vital around me, it is precisely that spirit of adventure, which seems indestructible and is akin to curiosity.

Entrepreneurs and rowers show characteristics of curiosity and wanting to learn.

Even if you’re happy with the life you’ve chosen, you’re still curious about the other options.

The four C’s of making dreams come true: Curiosity, Courage, Consistency, Confidence.

I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.

Position yourself with something that captures your curiosity, something that you’re missionary about.

We keep moving forward, opening up new doors and doing new things, because we’re curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.