Friends are born, not made.

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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,...

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

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

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.

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.

All experience is an arch, to build upon.

All experience is an arch, to build upon.

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

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

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...

Accident counts for as much in companionship as in marriage.

Accident counts for as much in companionship as in marriage.

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...

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...

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...

Susceptibility to the highest forces is the highest genius.

Susceptibility to the highest forces is the highest genius.

The American President resembles the commander of a ship at sea. He must have a...

The American President resembles the commander of a ship at sea. He must have a...

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Intimates are predestined.

Intimates are predestined.

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...