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

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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...

Intimates are predestined.

Intimates are predestined.

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.

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.

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Accident counts for as much in companionship as in marriage.

Accident counts for as much in companionship as in marriage.

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

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

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...

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

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

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.

Simplicity is the most deceitful mistress that ever betrayed man.

Simplicity is the most deceitful mistress that ever betrayed man.

All experience is an arch, to build upon.

All experience is an arch, to build upon.

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,...

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...