The prevalence of suicide, without doubt, is a test of height in civilization; it means that the population is winding up its nervous and intellectual system to the utmost point of tension and that sometimes it snaps.
Getting an education is an awfully wearing process!
I find the workload of what I do sufficiently great that when the term of court starts, I undergo a sort of annual intellectual lobotomy.
Young authors give their brains much exercise and little food.
From time to time, I need a rest from the exercitation of my intellect.
Thinking is the greatest torture in the world for most people.
Top-heavy was the ship as a dinnerless student with all Aristotle in his head.
Any strain upon a girl's intellect is to be dreaded, and any attempt to bring women into competition with men can scarcely escapefailure.
I saw how greatly he suffered the requirement of being clever. It separated him from his soul, and it didn't get him anything other than a living
