Money and time are the heaviest burdens of life, and... the unhappiest of all mortals are those who have more of either than they know how to use.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous mind.

Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous mind.

There are few things that we so unwillingly give up, even in advanced age, as...

There are few things that we so unwillingly give up, even in advanced age, as...

Accustom your children constantly to this; if a thing happened at one window and they,...

Accustom your children constantly to this; if a thing happened at one window and they,...

Pleasure is very seldom found where it is sought. Our brightest blazes are commonly kindled...

Pleasure is very seldom found where it is sought. Our brightest blazes are commonly kindled...

Pleasure is very seldom found where it is sought. Our brightest blazes are commonly kindled...

Pleasure is very seldom found where it is sought. Our brightest blazes are commonly kindled...

Books to judicious compilers, are useful; to particular arts and professions, they are absolutely necessary;...

Books to judicious compilers, are useful; to particular arts and professions, they are absolutely necessary;...

A man may be so much of everything that he is nothing of anything.

A man may be so much of everything that he is nothing of anything.

Never, my dear Sir, do you take it into your head that I do not...

Never, my dear Sir, do you take it into your head that I do not...

You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not - silence is the...

You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not - silence is the...

It is a most mortifying reflection for a man to consider what he has done,...

It is a most mortifying reflection for a man to consider what he has done,...

Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance.

Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance.

I have always considered it as treason against the great republic of human nature, to...

I have always considered it as treason against the great republic of human nature, to...

There are few minds to which tyranny is not delightful

There are few minds to which tyranny is not delightful

Quotation is the highest compliment you can pay to an author

Quotation is the highest compliment you can pay to an author

The two offices of memory are collection and distribution.

The two offices of memory are collection and distribution.

Abstinence is as easy to me, as temperance would be difficult.

Abstinence is as easy to me, as temperance would be difficult.

The people is a very heterogeneous and confused mass of the wealthy and the poor,...

The people is a very heterogeneous and confused mass of the wealthy and the poor,...

Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of...

Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of...

When I talk about my own achievements, know I worked hard and it was and...

When I talk about my own achievements, know I worked hard and it was and...

Where you see valid achievements or virtue being attacked, it's by someone viewing them as...

Where you see valid achievements or virtue being attacked, it's by someone viewing them as...

Enjoy the times in which you are challenged in life, so that you may better...

Enjoy the times in which you are challenged in life, so that you may better...

It is within the experience of everyone that when pleasure and pain reach a certain...

It is within the experience of everyone that when pleasure and pain reach a certain...

Success is the one unpardonable sin against our fellows.

Success is the one unpardonable sin against our fellows.

" As you wish' of course what he really ment was, 'i love you'