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

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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...

Power when wielded by abnormal energy is the most serious of facts.

Power when wielded by abnormal energy is the most serious of facts.

American society is a sort of flat, fresh-water pond which absorbs silently, without reaction, anything...

American society is a sort of flat, fresh-water pond which absorbs silently, without reaction, anything...

Knowledge of human nature is the beginning and end of political education.

Knowledge of human nature is the beginning and end of political education.

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.

Young men have a passion for regarding their elders as senile.

Young men have a passion for regarding their elders as senile.

At best, the renewal of broken relations is a nervous matter.

At best, the renewal of broken relations is a nervous matter.

Morality is a private and costly luxury.

Morality is a private and costly luxury.

Accident counts for as much in companionship as in marriage.

Accident counts for as much in companionship as in marriage.

One friend in a lifetime is much, two are many, three are hardly possible. Friendship...

One friend in a lifetime is much, two are many, three are hardly possible. Friendship...

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...

Chaos was the law of nature; Order was the dream of man.

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.

In plain words, Chaos was the law of nature Order was the dream of man.

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

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

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.

The proper study of mankind is woman.

The proper study of mankind is woman.

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 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...

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,...

All experience is an arch, to build upon.

All experience is an arch, to build upon.