A sound mind in a sound body, is a short, but full description of a happy state in this World: he that has these two, has little more to wish for; and he that wants either of them, will be…

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The thoughts that come often unsought, and, as it were, drop into the mind, are...

The thoughts that come often unsought, and, as it were, drop into the mind, are...

Memory is the power to revive again in our minds those ideas which after imprinting...

Memory is the power to revive again in our minds those ideas which after imprinting...

I attribute the little I know to my not having been ashamed to ask for...

I attribute the little I know to my not having been ashamed to ask for...

The discipline of desire is the background of character.

The discipline of desire is the background of character.

Till a man can judge whether they be truths or not, his understanding is but...

Till a man can judge whether they be truths or not, his understanding is but...

Freedom of men under government is to have a standing rule to live by, common...

Freedom of men under government is to have a standing rule to live by, common...

I have spent more than half a lifetime trying to express the tragic moment.

I have spent more than half a lifetime trying to express the tragic moment.

I find every sect, as far as reason will help them, make use of it...

I find every sect, as far as reason will help them, make use of it...

Reverie is when ideas float in our mind without reflection or regard of the understanding.

Reverie is when ideas float in our mind without reflection or regard of the understanding.

An excellent man, like precious metal, is in every way invariable; A villain, like the...

An excellent man, like precious metal, is in every way invariable; A villain, like the...

Logic is the anatomy of thought

Logic is the anatomy of thought

There cannot be greater rudeness than to interrupt another in the current of his discourse.

There cannot be greater rudeness than to interrupt another in the current of his discourse.

Ll men are liable to error; and most men are, in many points, by passion...

Ll men are liable to error; and most men are, in many points, by passion...

To love our neighbor as ourselves is such a truth for regulating human society, that...

To love our neighbor as ourselves is such a truth for regulating human society, that...

For law, in its true notion, is not so much the limitation, as the direction...

For law, in its true notion, is not so much the limitation, as the direction...

Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company and reflection must finish him.

Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company and reflection must finish him.

As people are walking all the time, in the same spot, a path appears.

As people are walking all the time, in the same spot, a path appears.

No man's knowledge here can go beyond his experience.

No man's knowledge here can go beyond his experience.

Have you noticed in your past experience that your kind interpretations were almost always truer...

Have you noticed in your past experience that your kind interpretations were almost always truer...

The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages is preserved into perpetuity...

The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages is preserved into perpetuity...

Knowledge is the eye of desire and can become the pilot of the soul.

Knowledge is the eye of desire and can become the pilot of the soul.