Man spends his life in reasoning on the past, in complaining of the present, in fearing future.

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Speech is external thought, and thought internal speech.

Speech is external thought, and thought internal speech.

The only thing wealth does for some people is to make them worry about losing...

The only thing wealth does for some people is to make them worry about losing...

Speech is external thought, and thought internal speech.

Speech is external thought, and thought internal speech.

To lose one's self in reverie, one must be either very happy, or very unhappy....

To lose one's self in reverie, one must be either very happy, or very unhappy....

Ideas are a capital that bears interest only in the hands of talent.

Ideas are a capital that bears interest only in the hands of talent.

Reason is the historian, but passions are the actors.

Reason is the historian, but passions are the actors.

Of every ten persons who talk about you, nine will say something bad, and the...

Of every ten persons who talk about you, nine will say something bad, and the...

It is, no doubt, an immense advantage to have done nothing, but one should not...

It is, no doubt, an immense advantage to have done nothing, but one should not...

Ideas are a capital that bears interest only in the hands of talent.

Ideas are a capital that bears interest only in the hands of talent.

Vices are often habits rather than passions.

Vices are often habits rather than passions.

To lose one's self in reverie, one must be either very happy, or very unhappy....

To lose one's self in reverie, one must be either very happy, or very unhappy....

Generally speaking, there is more wit than talent in the world. Society swarms with witty...

Generally speaking, there is more wit than talent in the world. Society swarms with witty...

It is, no doubt, an immense advantage to have done nothing, but one should not...

It is, no doubt, an immense advantage to have done nothing, but one should not...

Familiarity is the root of the closest friendships, as well as the intensest hatreds

Familiarity is the root of the closest friendships, as well as the intensest hatreds

Memory always obeys the commands of the heart.

Memory always obeys the commands of the heart.

Reason is the historian, but passions are the actors.

Reason is the historian, but passions are the actors.

Although nature commences with reason and ends in experience it is necessary for us to...

Although nature commences with reason and ends in experience it is necessary for us to...

Her heart is older than her head; yea, her emotion is the mother of her...

Her heart is older than her head; yea, her emotion is the mother of her...

Reason is the wise man's guide, example the fool's

Reason is the wise man's guide, example the fool's