What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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Marriage is low down, but you spend the rest of your life paying for it.

Marriage is low down, but you spend the rest of your life paying for it.

When men come to like a sea-life, they are not fit to live on land.

When men come to like a sea-life, they are not fit to live on land.

Hope is itself a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness which this world...

Hope is itself a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness which this world...

Abstinence is as easy to me, as temperance would be difficult.

Abstinence is as easy to me, as temperance would be difficult.

In the decline of life shame and grief are of short duration; whether it be...

In the decline of life shame and grief are of short duration; whether it be...

To wipe all tears from off all faces is a task too hard for mortals;...

To wipe all tears from off all faces is a task too hard for mortals;...

To be free it is not enough to beat the system, one must beat the...

To be free it is not enough to beat the system, one must beat the...

The world is like a grand staircase, some are going up and some are going...

The world is like a grand staircase, some are going up and some are going...

Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we...

Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we...

Cruel with guilt, and daring with despair, the midnight murderer bursts the faithless bar; invades...

Cruel with guilt, and daring with despair, the midnight murderer bursts the faithless bar; invades...

Every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth, and every other man...

Every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth, and every other man...

One of the disadvantages of wine is that it makes a man mistake words for...

One of the disadvantages of wine is that it makes a man mistake words for...

But the greater, far the greater number of those who rave and rail (against the...

But the greater, far the greater number of those who rave and rail (against the...

Revenge is an act of passion; vengeance of justice. Injuries are revenged; crimes are avenged.

Revenge is an act of passion; vengeance of justice. Injuries are revenged; crimes are avenged.

Where there is no hope there can be no endeavor

Where there is no hope there can be no endeavor

While grief is fresh, every attempt to divert only irritates. You must wait till it...

While grief is fresh, every attempt to divert only irritates. You must wait till it...

Paradise Lost is a book that, once put down, is very hard to pick up...

Paradise Lost is a book that, once put down, is very hard to pick up...

We love to expect, and when expectation is either disappointed or gratified, we want to...

We love to expect, and when expectation is either disappointed or gratified, we want to...

I have always considered it as treason against the great republic of human nature, to...

I have always considered it as treason against the great republic of human nature, to...

It generally happens that assurance keeps an even pace with ability.

It generally happens that assurance keeps an even pace with ability.