Call things by their right names - Glass of brandy and water! That is the current, but not the appropriate name; ask for a glass of liquid fire and distilled damnation.

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He might be a very clever man by nature for aught I know, but he...

He might be a very clever man by nature for aught I know, but he...

We are to seek wisdom and understanding only in the length of days.

We are to seek wisdom and understanding only in the length of days.

A friend should be one in whose understanding and virtue we can equally confide, and...

A friend should be one in whose understanding and virtue we can equally confide, and...

Ignorance gives a sort of eternity to prejudice, and perpetuity to error

Ignorance gives a sort of eternity to prejudice, and perpetuity to error

In matters of conscience, first thoughts are best. In matters of prudence, last thoughts are...

In matters of conscience, first thoughts are best. In matters of prudence, last thoughts are...

Rising health care spending occurs because it is beneficial, not a burden on the economy.

Rising health care spending occurs because it is beneficial, not a burden on the economy.

In the power of fixing the attention lies the most precious of the intellectual habits.

In the power of fixing the attention lies the most precious of the intellectual habits.

Of all the species of literary composition, perhaps biography is the most delightful. The attention...

Of all the species of literary composition, perhaps biography is the most delightful. The attention...

We should be more anxious that our afflictions should benefit us than that they should...

We should be more anxious that our afflictions should benefit us than that they should...

Mankind are apt to be strongly prejudiced in favor of whatever is countenanced by antiquity,...

Mankind are apt to be strongly prejudiced in favor of whatever is countenanced by antiquity,...