Everything that is new or uncommon raises a pleasure in the imagination, because it fills the soul with an agreeable surprise, gratifies its curiosity, and gives it an idea of which it was not before possessed.

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What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be...

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be...

Certain is it that there is no kind of affection so purely angelic as of...

Certain is it that there is no kind of affection so purely angelic as of...

The unassuming youth seeking instruction with humility gains good fortune.

The unassuming youth seeking instruction with humility gains good fortune.

Admiration is a very short-lived passion, that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object.

Admiration is a very short-lived passion, that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object.

Is there not some chosen curse, some hidden thunder in the stores of heaven, red...

Is there not some chosen curse, some hidden thunder in the stores of heaven, red...

There is nothing that makes its way more directly into the soul than beauty.

There is nothing that makes its way more directly into the soul than beauty.

It is folly for an eminent man to think of escaping censure, and a weakness...

It is folly for an eminent man to think of escaping censure, and a weakness...

Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as...

Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as...

Friendships, in general, are suddenly contracted; and therefore it is no wonder they are easily...

Friendships, in general, are suddenly contracted; and therefore it is no wonder they are easily...

If men would consider not so much where they differ, as wherein they agree, there...

If men would consider not so much where they differ, as wherein they agree, there...

Mutability of temper and inconsistency with ourselves is the greatest weakness of human nature.

Mutability of temper and inconsistency with ourselves is the greatest weakness of human nature.

Pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall.

Pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall.

When a man is made up wholly of the dove, without the least grain of...

When a man is made up wholly of the dove, without the least grain of...

A woman seldom asks advice before she has bought her wedding clothes.

A woman seldom asks advice before she has bought her wedding clothes.

The post of honour is a private station.

The post of honour is a private station.

From hence, let fierce contending nations know, What dire effects from civil discord flow

From hence, let fierce contending nations know, What dire effects from civil discord flow

Man is subject to innumerable pains and sorrows by the very condition of humanity, and...

Man is subject to innumerable pains and sorrows by the very condition of humanity, and...

Marriage enlarges the scene of our happiness and of our miseries. A marriage of love...

Marriage enlarges the scene of our happiness and of our miseries. A marriage of love...

You are beautiful when you are happy.

You are beautiful when you are happy.

Happiness is a perpetual possession of being well-deceived

Happiness is a perpetual possession of being well-deceived

I am in love - and, my God, it is the greatest thing that can...

I am in love - and, my God, it is the greatest thing that can...

Marriage is a three ring circus: engagement ring, wedding ring, and suffering.

Marriage is a three ring circus: engagement ring, wedding ring, and suffering.

The man who loves his country prefers its liberty to all other considerations, well knowing...

The man who loves his country prefers its liberty to all other considerations, well knowing...

Keeping a secret from your significant other is as smart as hiding ice in the...

Keeping a secret from your significant other is as smart as hiding ice in the...