Intimates are predestined.

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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...

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.

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...

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...

Susceptibility to the highest forces is the highest genius.

Susceptibility to the highest forces is the highest genius.

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 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...

All experience is an arch, to build upon.

All experience is an arch, to build upon.

Friends are born, not made.

Friends are born, not made.

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.

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

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

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...

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

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

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,...

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...

Morality is a private and costly luxury.

Morality is a private and costly luxury.

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

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

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.

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.

Philosophy: Unintelligible answers to insoluble problems.

Philosophy: Unintelligible answers to insoluble problems.