At best, the renewal of broken relations is a nervous matter.

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No man likes to have his intelligence or good faith questioned, especially if he has...

No man likes to have his intelligence or good faith questioned, especially if he has...

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

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

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...

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...

No man means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for...

No man means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for...

Friends are born, not made.

Friends are born, not made.

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,...

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

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

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.

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.

In plain words, Chaos was the law of nature Order was the dream of man.

In plain words, Chaos was the law of nature Order was the dream of man.

Intimates are predestined.

Intimates are predestined.

Accident counts for as much in companionship as in marriage.

Accident counts for as much in companionship as in marriage.

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

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

The press is the hired agent of a monied system, and set up for no...

The press is the hired agent of a monied system, and set up for no...

Susceptibility to the highest forces is the highest genius.

Susceptibility to the highest forces is the highest genius.

Morality is a private and costly luxury.

Morality is a private and costly luxury.

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.

A teacher affects eternity he can never tell, where his influence stops.

A teacher affects eternity he can never tell, where his influence stops.

American society is a sort of flat, fresh-water pond which absorbs silently, without reaction, anything...

American society is a sort of flat, fresh-water pond which absorbs silently, without reaction, anything...