No man can purchase his virtue too dear, for it is the only thing whose value must ever increase with the price it has cost us. Our integrity is never worth so much as when we have parted with our…

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The good of other times let people state; I think it lucky I was born...

The good of other times let people state; I think it lucky I was born...

We are ever striving after what is forbidden, and coveting what is denied us.

We are ever striving after what is forbidden, and coveting what is denied us.

Those things that nature denied to human sight, she revealed to the eyes of the...

Those things that nature denied to human sight, she revealed to the eyes of the...

Courage conquers all things

Courage conquers all things

Luck affects everything. Let your hook always be cast; in the stream where you least...

Luck affects everything. Let your hook always be cast; in the stream where you least...

The burden which is well borne becomes light.

The burden which is well borne becomes light.

Judgment of beauty can err, what with the wine and the dark

Judgment of beauty can err, what with the wine and the dark

Treason doth never prosper: what's the reason? Why if it prosper, none dare call it...

Treason doth never prosper: what's the reason? Why if it prosper, none dare call it...

Whether they give or refuse, it delights women just the same to have been asked.

Whether they give or refuse, it delights women just the same to have been asked.

Suppressed grief suffocates, it rages within the breast, and is forced to multiply its strength.

Suppressed grief suffocates, it rages within the breast, and is forced to multiply its strength.

Delay is a great procuress

Delay is a great procuress

Love and dignity cannot share the same abode.

Love and dignity cannot share the same abode.

The spirited horse, which will try to win the race of its own accord, will...

The spirited horse, which will try to win the race of its own accord, will...

Endure and persist; this pain will turn to good by and by.

Endure and persist; this pain will turn to good by and by.

What is it that love does to a woman? Without she only sleeps; with it...

What is it that love does to a woman? Without she only sleeps; with it...

Time, motion and wine cause sleep.

Time, motion and wine cause sleep.

Time, the devourer of all things.

Time, the devourer of all things.

If you want to be loved, be lovable.

If you want to be loved, be lovable.

A friend might well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

A friend might well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

As the ocean is never full of water, so is the heart never full of...

As the ocean is never full of water, so is the heart never full of...