The press is the hired agent of a monied system, and set up for no other purpose than to tell lies where their interests are involved. One can trust nobody and nothing.

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Intimates are predestined.

Intimates are predestined.

Knowledge of human nature is the beginning and end of political education.

Knowledge of human nature is the beginning and end of political education.

It is always good men who do the most harm in the world.

It is always good men who do the most harm in the world.

No man, however strong, can serve ten years as schoolmaster, priest, or Senator, and remain...

No man, however strong, can serve ten years as schoolmaster, priest, or Senator, and remain...

He too serves a certain purpose who only stands and cheers.

He too serves a certain purpose who only stands and cheers.

Everyone carries his own inch rule of taste, and amuse himself by applying it, triumphantly,...

Everyone carries his own inch rule of taste, and amuse himself by applying it, triumphantly,...

We combat obstacles in order to get repose, and when got, the repose is insupportable.

We combat obstacles in order to get repose, and when got, the repose is insupportable.

The proper study of mankind is woman.

The proper study of mankind is woman.

Absolute liberty is absence of restraint; responsibility is restraint; therefore, the ideally free individual is...

Absolute liberty is absence of restraint; responsibility is restraint; therefore, the ideally free individual is...

Young men have a passion for regarding their elders as senile.

Young men have a passion for regarding their elders as senile.

Simplicity is the most deceitful mistress that ever betrayed man.

Simplicity is the most deceitful mistress that ever betrayed man.

One friend in a lifetime is much, two are many, three are hardly possible. Friendship...

One friend in a lifetime is much, two are many, three are hardly possible. Friendship...

Power when wielded by abnormal energy is the most serious of facts.

Power when wielded by abnormal energy is the most serious of facts.

Accident counts for as much in companionship as in marriage.

Accident counts for as much in companionship as in marriage.

The progress of evolution from President Washington to President Grant was alone evidence to upset...

The progress of evolution from President Washington to President Grant was alone evidence to upset...

Morality is a private and costly luxury.

Morality is a private and costly luxury.

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.

Chaos was the law of nature; Order was the dream of man.

Chaos was the law of nature; Order was the dream of man.

Susceptibility to the highest forces is the highest genius.

Susceptibility to the highest forces is the highest genius.

Friends are born, not made.

Friends are born, not made.