Did universal charity prevail, earth would be a heaven, and hell a fable.

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If you cannot inspire a woman with love of you, fill her above the brim...

If you cannot inspire a woman with love of you, fill her above the brim...

Mystery magnifies danger, as a fog the sun

Mystery magnifies danger, as a fog the sun

Gross and vulgar minds will always pay a higher respect to wealth than to talent;...

Gross and vulgar minds will always pay a higher respect to wealth than to talent;...

When you have nothing to say, say nothing.

When you have nothing to say, say nothing.

To know a man, observe how he wins his object, rather than how he loses...

To know a man, observe how he wins his object, rather than how he loses...

True friendship is like sound health, the value is seldom appreciated until it is lost.

True friendship is like sound health, the value is seldom appreciated until it is lost.

Those who visit foreign nations, but associate only with their own country-men, change their climate,...

Those who visit foreign nations, but associate only with their own country-men, change their climate,...

There are some frauds so well conducted that it would be stupidity not to be...

There are some frauds so well conducted that it would be stupidity not to be...

To dare to live alone is the rarest courage; since there are many who had...

To dare to live alone is the rarest courage; since there are many who had...

Doubt is the vestibule through which all must pass before they can enter into the...

Doubt is the vestibule through which all must pass before they can enter into the...

Falsehood is never so successful as when she baits her hook with truth, and no...

Falsehood is never so successful as when she baits her hook with truth, and no...

Happiness, that grand mistress of the ceremonies in the dance of life, impels us through...

Happiness, that grand mistress of the ceremonies in the dance of life, impels us through...

We own almost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those...

We own almost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those...

The study of mathematics, like the Nile, begins in minuteness but ends in magnificence

The study of mathematics, like the Nile, begins in minuteness but ends in magnificence

Bigotry murders religion to frighten fools with her ghost.

Bigotry murders religion to frighten fools with her ghost.

In life we shall find many men that are great, and some that are good,...

In life we shall find many men that are great, and some that are good,...

I'm aiming by the time I'm fifty to stop being an adolescent.

I'm aiming by the time I'm fifty to stop being an adolescent.

Many books require no thought from those who read them, and for a very simple...

Many books require no thought from those who read them, and for a very simple...

When a book leaves your hands, it belongs to God. He may use it to...

When a book leaves your hands, it belongs to God. He may use it to...

A book is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse, a party, a company by the...

A book is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse, a party, a company by the...