Everything that looks to the future elevates human nature.

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Goodness does not more certainly make men happy than happiness makes them good.

Goodness does not more certainly make men happy than happiness makes them good.

A man's vanity tells him what is honor, a man's conscience what is justice

A man's vanity tells him what is honor, a man's conscience what is justice

My thoughts are my company; I can bring them together, select them, detain them, dismiss...

My thoughts are my company; I can bring them together, select them, detain them, dismiss...

Prose on certain occasions can bear a great deal of poetry; on the other hand,...

Prose on certain occasions can bear a great deal of poetry; on the other hand,...

There is nothing on earth divine except humanity.

There is nothing on earth divine except humanity.

Consult duty not events.

Consult duty not events.

The habitude of pleasing by flattery makes a language soft; the fear of offending by...

The habitude of pleasing by flattery makes a language soft; the fear of offending by...

I strove with none; for none was worth my strife.

I strove with none; for none was worth my strife.

The flame of anger, bright and brief, sharpens the barb of love.

The flame of anger, bright and brief, sharpens the barb of love.

Delay in justice is injustice.

Delay in justice is injustice.

We talk on principle, but we act on interest

We talk on principle, but we act on interest

We often fancy that we suffer from ingratitude, while in reality we suffer from self-love.

We often fancy that we suffer from ingratitude, while in reality we suffer from self-love.

Ambition is but avarice on stilts, and masked.

Ambition is but avarice on stilts, and masked.

There is delight in singing, though none hear beside the singer.

There is delight in singing, though none hear beside the singer.

O what a thing is age! Death without death's quiet.

O what a thing is age! Death without death's quiet.

We are no longer happy so soon as we wish to be happier.

We are no longer happy so soon as we wish to be happier.

Great men always pay deference to greater.

Great men always pay deference to greater.

Truth, like the juice of the poppy, in small quantities, calms men; in larger, heats...

Truth, like the juice of the poppy, in small quantities, calms men; in larger, heats...

Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be...

Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be...

What fun it would be to be poor, as long as one was excessively poor!...

What fun it would be to be poor, as long as one was excessively poor!...

Truth is something which can't be told in a few words. Those who simplify the...

Truth is something which can't be told in a few words. Those who simplify the...