Mirth is like a flash of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment; cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind, and fills it with a steady and perpetual serenity.

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Among all kinds of Writing, there is none in which Authors are more apt to...

Among all kinds of Writing, there is none in which Authors are more apt to...

He thought he was a wit, and he was half right.

He thought he was a wit, and he was half right.

The woman that deliberates is lost.

The woman that deliberates is lost.

Young men soon give, and soon forget, affronts; old age is slow in both.

Young men soon give, and soon forget, affronts; old age is slow in both.

The friendships of the world are oft confederacies in vice, or leagues of pleasures.

The friendships of the world are oft confederacies in vice, or leagues of pleasures.

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.

A woman seldom asks advice before she has bought her wedding clothes.

A woman seldom asks advice before she has bought her wedding clothes.

Nothing is more gratifying to the mind of man than power or dominion.

Nothing is more gratifying to the mind of man than power or dominion.

There is nothing more requisite in business than despatch.

There is nothing more requisite in business than despatch.

It is ridiculous for any man to criticize the works of another if he has...

It is ridiculous for any man to criticize the works of another if he has...

Mere bashfulness without merit is awkwardness.

Mere bashfulness without merit is awkwardness.

Certain is it that there is no kind of affection so purely angelic as of...

Certain is it that there is no kind of affection so purely angelic as of...

The important question is not, what will yield to man a few scattered pleasures, but...

The important question is not, what will yield to man a few scattered pleasures, but...

The union of the Word and the Mind produces that mystery which is called Life......

The union of the Word and the Mind produces that mystery which is called Life......

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.

To be an atheist requires an infinitely greater measure of faith than to receive all...

To be an atheist requires an infinitely greater measure of faith than to receive all...

Cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind, filling it with a steady...

Cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind, filling it with a steady...

In life we don't know how many Love's the Lord will send us, but we...

In life we don't know how many Love's the Lord will send us, but we...

Someday, in the distant future, our grandchildren's grandchildren will develop a new equivalent of our...

Someday, in the distant future, our grandchildren's grandchildren will develop a new equivalent of our...

Be curious always! For knowledge will not acquire you; you must acquire it.

Be curious always! For knowledge will not acquire you; you must acquire it.