Childhood sometimes does pay a second visit to man, youth never.

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What we earnestly aspire to be, that in some sense we are.

What we earnestly aspire to be, that in some sense we are.

Conversation may be compared to a lyre with seven chords - philosophy, art, poetry, love,...

Conversation may be compared to a lyre with seven chords - philosophy, art, poetry, love,...

Accuracy of language is one of the bulwarks of truth.

Accuracy of language is one of the bulwarks of truth.

What we truly and earnestly aspire to be, that in some sense we are. The...

What we truly and earnestly aspire to be, that in some sense we are. The...

The only competition worthy a wise man is with himself.

The only competition worthy a wise man is with himself.

A man may be as much a fool from the want of sensibility as the...

A man may be as much a fool from the want of sensibility as the...

Childhood sometimes does pay a second visit to man, youth never

Childhood sometimes does pay a second visit to man, youth never

In morals what begins in fear usually ends in wickedness; in religion what begins in...

In morals what begins in fear usually ends in wickedness; in religion what begins in...

Conversation may be compared to a lyre with seven chords - philosophy, art, poetry, love,...

Conversation may be compared to a lyre with seven chords - philosophy, art, poetry, love,...

All my experience of the world teaches me that in ninety-nine cases out of a...

All my experience of the world teaches me that in ninety-nine cases out of a...

Trust in my affection for you.

Trust in my affection for you.

I am certain of nothing but the Holiness of the Heart's affections and the Truth...

I am certain of nothing but the Holiness of the Heart's affections and the Truth...

I wash my hands of those who imagine chattering to be knowledge, silence to be...

I wash my hands of those who imagine chattering to be knowledge, silence to be...

The happiest moments my heart knows are those in which it is pouring forth its...

The happiest moments my heart knows are those in which it is pouring forth its...

Do you know what it means to come home at night to a woman who'll...

Do you know what it means to come home at night to a woman who'll...

If I were starting life over again, I am inclined to think that I would...

If I were starting life over again, I am inclined to think that I would...

The moment we indulge our affections, the earth is metamorphosed, there is no winter and...

The moment we indulge our affections, the earth is metamorphosed, there is no winter and...

All my life, affection has been showered upon me, and every forward step I have...

All my life, affection has been showered upon me, and every forward step I have...

You cant change the way somebody shows affection towards you, everybody expresses themselves differently, period.

You cant change the way somebody shows affection towards you, everybody expresses themselves differently, period.

Talk not of wasted affection; affection never was wasted.

Talk not of wasted affection; affection never was wasted.