If we hope for what we are not likely to possess, we act and think in vain, and make life a greater dream and shadow than it really is.

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Those Marriages generally abound most with Love and Constancy, that are preceded by a long...

Those Marriages generally abound most with Love and Constancy, that are preceded by a long...

What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the soul.

What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the soul.

Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue.

Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue.

The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and praise, are...

The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and praise, are...

Mysterious love, uncertain treasure, hast thou more of pain or pleasure! Endless torments dwell about...

Mysterious love, uncertain treasure, hast thou more of pain or pleasure! Endless torments dwell about...

Jealousy is that pain which a man feels from the apprehension that he is not...

Jealousy is that pain which a man feels from the apprehension that he is not...

Nothing is capable of being well set to music that is not nonsense.

Nothing is capable of being well set to music that is not nonsense.

There is nothing which we receive with so much reluctance as advice.

There is nothing which we receive with so much reluctance as advice.

The unjustifiable severity of a parent is loaded with this aggravation, that those whom he...

The unjustifiable severity of a parent is loaded with this aggravation, that those whom he...

A cloudy day or a little sunshine have as great an influence on many constitutions...

A cloudy day or a little sunshine have as great an influence on many constitutions...

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...

I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very...

I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very...

When love once pleads admission to our hearts, In spite of all the virtue we...

When love once pleads admission to our hearts, In spite of all the virtue we...

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.

He who would pass his declining years with honor and comfort, should, when young, consider...

He who would pass his declining years with honor and comfort, should, when young, consider...

If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise...

If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise...

Let freedom never perish in your hands.

Let freedom never perish in your hands.

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigue...

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigue...

May the sun in his course visit no land more free, more happy, more lovely,...

May the sun in his course visit no land more free, more happy, more lovely,...

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new...

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new...

In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved.

In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved.