Fame - a few words upon a tombstone, and the truth of those not to be depended on.

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Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to...

Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to...

Wine is a treacherous friend who you must always be on guard for.

Wine is a treacherous friend who you must always be on guard for.

We trifle when we assign limits to our desires, since nature hath set none.

We trifle when we assign limits to our desires, since nature hath set none.

Panic is a sudden desertion of us, and a going over to the enemy of...

Panic is a sudden desertion of us, and a going over to the enemy of...

The method of the enterprising is to plan with audacity and execute with vigor.

The method of the enterprising is to plan with audacity and execute with vigor.

Music is the fourth great material want, first food, then clothes, then shelter, then music.

Music is the fourth great material want, first food, then clothes, then shelter, then music.

Sensitiveness is closely allied to egotism; and excessive sensibility is only another name for morbid...

Sensitiveness is closely allied to egotism; and excessive sensibility is only another name for morbid...

The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it.

The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it.

The grandest of all laws is the law of progressive development. Under it, in the...

The grandest of all laws is the law of progressive development. Under it, in the...

There is great beauty in going through life without anxiety or fear. Half our fears...

There is great beauty in going through life without anxiety or fear. Half our fears...

Our first and last love is self-love.

Our first and last love is self-love.

A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough.

A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough.

Many children, many cares; no children, no felicity.

Many children, many cares; no children, no felicity.

Genius makes its observations in short-hand; talent writes them out at length.

Genius makes its observations in short-hand; talent writes them out at length.

As threshing separates the wheat from the chaff, so does affliction purify virtue.

As threshing separates the wheat from the chaff, so does affliction purify virtue.

Doubt whom you will, but never yourself.

Doubt whom you will, but never yourself.

Earth took her shining station as a star, In Heaven's dark hall, high up the...

Earth took her shining station as a star, In Heaven's dark hall, high up the...

The body of a sensualist is the coffin of a dead soul.

The body of a sensualist is the coffin of a dead soul.

When all else is lost, the future still remains.

When all else is lost, the future still remains.

In ambition, as in love, the successful can afford to be indulgent toward their rivals....

In ambition, as in love, the successful can afford to be indulgent toward their rivals....