It is more honorable to be raised to a throne than to be born to one. Fortune bestows the one, merit obtains the other.

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How fortune brings to earth the over-sure!

How fortune brings to earth the over-sure!

Often have I wondered with much curiosity as to our coming into this world and...

Often have I wondered with much curiosity as to our coming into this world and...

A short cut to riches is to subtract from our desires.

A short cut to riches is to subtract from our desires.

Sameness is the mother of disgust, variety the cure.

Sameness is the mother of disgust, variety the cure.

Love is the crowning grace of humanity.

Love is the crowning grace of humanity.

What name to call thee by, O virgin fair, I know not, for thy looks...

What name to call thee by, O virgin fair, I know not, for thy looks...

Five enemies of peace inhabit with us - avarice, ambition, envy, anger, and pride; if...

Five enemies of peace inhabit with us - avarice, ambition, envy, anger, and pride; if...

True, we love life, not because we are used to living, but because we are...

True, we love life, not because we are used to living, but because we are...

To be able to say how much love, is love but little.

To be able to say how much love, is love but little.

To begin with myself, then, the utterances of men concerning me will differ widely, since...

To begin with myself, then, the utterances of men concerning me will differ widely, since...

Who naught suspects is easily deceived.

Who naught suspects is easily deceived.

Suspicion is the cancer of friendship.

Suspicion is the cancer of friendship.

The aged love what is practical while impetuous youth longs only for what is dazzling

The aged love what is practical while impetuous youth longs only for what is dazzling

There is no lighter burden, nor more agreeable, than a pen.

There is no lighter burden, nor more agreeable, than a pen.

Do you suppose there is any living man so unreasonable that if he found himself...

Do you suppose there is any living man so unreasonable that if he found himself...

And tears are heard within the harp I touch.

And tears are heard within the harp I touch.

Man has no greater enemy than himself.

Man has no greater enemy than himself.

How difficult it is to save the bark of reputation from the rocks of ignorance.

How difficult it is to save the bark of reputation from the rocks of ignorance.

Rarely do great beauty and great virtue dwell together.

Rarely do great beauty and great virtue dwell together.