If you do your fair day's work, you are certain to get your fair day's wage - in praise or pudding, whichever happens to suit your taste.

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In life there is nothing more unexpected and surprising than the arrivals and departures of...

In life there is nothing more unexpected and surprising than the arrivals and departures of...

The sea complains upon a thousand shores.

The sea complains upon a thousand shores.

In life there is nothing more unexpected and surprising than the arrivals and departures of...

In life there is nothing more unexpected and surprising than the arrivals and departures of...

We bury love; Forgetfulness grows over it like grass: That is a thing to weep...

We bury love; Forgetfulness grows over it like grass: That is a thing to weep...

Love is but the discovery of ourselves in others, and the delight in the recognition.

Love is but the discovery of ourselves in others, and the delight in the recognition.

I go into my library and all history unrolls before me.

I go into my library and all history unrolls before me.

We are never happy; we can only remember that we were so once.

We are never happy; we can only remember that we were so once.

If you wish to preserve your secret, wrap it up in frankness.

If you wish to preserve your secret, wrap it up in frankness.

Trees are your best antiques.

Trees are your best antiques.

The man who in this world can keep the whiteness of his soul is not...

The man who in this world can keep the whiteness of his soul is not...

To be occasionally quoted is the only fame I care for.

To be occasionally quoted is the only fame I care for.

A man doesn't plant a tree for himself. He plants it for posterity.

A man doesn't plant a tree for himself. He plants it for posterity.

To be occasionally quoted is the only fame I care for.

To be occasionally quoted is the only fame I care for.

Trifles make up the happiness or the misery of human life.

Trifles make up the happiness or the misery of human life.

Every man's road in life is marked by the graves of his personal liking.

Every man's road in life is marked by the graves of his personal liking.

I go into my library and all history unrolls before me.

I go into my library and all history unrolls before me.

Christmas is the day that holds all time together.

Christmas is the day that holds all time together.

If the egotist is weak, his egotism is worthless. If the egotist is strong, acute,...

If the egotist is weak, his egotism is worthless. If the egotist is strong, acute,...

I always thought I should be treated like a star.

I always thought I should be treated like a star.

Egotism is the source and summary of all faults and miseries.

Egotism is the source and summary of all faults and miseries.