If you do your fair day's work, you are certain to get your fair day's wage - in praise or pudding, whichever happens to suit your taste.

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If you wish to make a man look noble, your best course is to kill...

If you wish to make a man look noble, your best course is to kill...

The saddest thing that befalls a soul Is when it loses faith in God and...

The saddest thing that befalls a soul Is when it loses faith in God and...

A man gazing on the stars is proverbially at the mercy of the puddles in...

A man gazing on the stars is proverbially at the mercy of the puddles in...

How deeply seated in the human heart is the liking for gardens and gardening.

How deeply seated in the human heart is the liking for gardens and gardening.

Everything is sweetened by risk.

Everything is sweetened by risk.

Trifles make up the happiness or the misery of human life.

Trifles make up the happiness or the misery of human life.

I go into my library and all history unrolls before me.

I go into my library and all history unrolls before me.

Christmas is the day that holds all time together.

Christmas is the day that holds all time together.

A man's real possession is his memory. In nothing else is he rich, in nothing...

A man's real possession is his memory. In nothing else is he rich, in nothing...

We are never happy; we can only remember that we were so once.

We are never happy; we can only remember that we were so once.

I would rather be remembered by a song than by a victory.

I would rather be remembered by a song than by a victory.

The dead keep their secrets, and in a while we shall be as wise as...

The dead keep their secrets, and in a while we shall be as wise as...

To sit for one's portrait is like being present at one's own creation.

To sit for one's portrait is like being present at one's own creation.

A man doesn't plant a tree for himself. He plants it for posterity.

A man doesn't plant a tree for himself. He plants it for posterity.

If the egotist is weak, his egotism is worthless. If the egotist is strong, acute,...

If the egotist is weak, his egotism is worthless. If the egotist is strong, acute,...

Death is the ugly fact which Nature has to hide, and she hides it well.

Death is the ugly fact which Nature has to hide, and she hides it well.

In life there is nothing more unexpected and surprising than the arrivals and departures of...

In life there is nothing more unexpected and surprising than the arrivals and departures of...

He who allows his day to pass by without practicing generosity and enjoying life's pleasures...

He who allows his day to pass by without practicing generosity and enjoying life's pleasures...

Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil.

Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil.

It is only a poor sort of happiness that could ever come by caring very...

It is only a poor sort of happiness that could ever come by caring very...