A great man is the man who does something for the first time.

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Everything is sweetened by risk.

Everything is sweetened by risk.

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...

Every man's road in life is marked by the graves of his personal liking.

Every man's road in life is marked by the graves of his personal liking.

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...

If you wish to preserve your secret, wrap it up in frankness.

If you wish to preserve your secret, wrap it up in frankness.

To be occasionally quoted is the only fame I care for.

To be occasionally quoted is the only fame I care for.

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.

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.

The world is not so much in need of new thoughts as that when thought...

The world is not so much in need of new thoughts as that when thought...

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

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

To be occasionally quoted is the only fame I care for.

To be occasionally quoted is the only fame I care for.

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,...

Christmas is the day that holds all time together.

Christmas is the day that holds all time together.

We bury love; Forgetfulness grows over it like grass: That is a thing to weep...

We bury love; Forgetfulness grows over it like grass: That is a thing to weep...

The man who in this world can keep the whiteness of his soul is not...

The man who in this world can keep the whiteness of his soul is not...

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

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

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

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

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.

There is no ghost so difficult to lay as the ghost of an injury.

There is no ghost so difficult to lay as the ghost of an injury.

Trees are your best antiques

Trees are your best antiques