Absolute liberty is absence of restraint; responsibility is restraint; therefore, the ideally free individual is responsible to himself.

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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...

Morality is a private and costly luxury.

Morality is a private and costly luxury.

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...

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.

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,...

Susceptibility to the highest forces is the highest genius.

Susceptibility to the highest forces is the highest genius.

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...

All experience is an arch, to build upon.

All experience is an arch, to build upon.

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

Simplicity is the most deceitful mistress that ever betrayed man.

Simplicity is the most deceitful mistress that ever betrayed man.

Intimates are predestined.

Intimates are predestined.

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 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...