The world’s great men have not commonly been great scholars, nor great scholars great men. By Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. Achievement, Greatness, Scholars
A lecture ought to be something which all can understand, about something which interests everybody. By Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. Public speaking, Wise
… there’s nothing that keeps its youth / So far as I know, but a tree and truth. By Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. Truth, Youth
If you mean to keep as well as possible, the less you think about your health, the better. By Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. Health
A thought is often original, though you have uttered it a hundred times. By Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. Funny, Thinking, Thought
Memory is a net; one finds it full of fish when he takes it from the brook, but a dozen miles of water have run through it without sticking. By Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. Memory
Youth longs and manhood strives, but age remembers. . . . By Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. Memory, Old age, Youth
A wise man recognizes the convenience of a general statement, but he bows to the authority of a particular fact. By Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. Facts, Wisdom
