Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.

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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...

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

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

Philosophy: Unintelligible answers to insoluble problems.

Philosophy: Unintelligible answers to insoluble problems.

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 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...

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...

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

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

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.

Intimates are predestined.

Intimates are predestined.

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...

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...

Only on the edge of the grave can man conclude anything.

Only on the edge of the grave can man conclude anything.

Morality is a private and costly luxury.

Morality is a private and costly luxury.

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...

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

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

All experience is an arch, to build upon.

All experience is an arch, to build upon.

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

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

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...

Accident counts for as much in companionship as in marriage.

Accident counts for as much in companionship as in marriage.

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...