Morality is a private and costly luxury.

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In plain words, Chaos was the law of nature Order was the dream of man.

In plain words, Chaos was the law of nature Order was the dream of man.

At best, the renewal of broken relations is a nervous matter.

At best, the renewal of broken relations is a nervous matter.

Young men have a passion for regarding their elders as senile.

Young men have a passion for regarding their elders as senile.

Power when wielded by abnormal energy is the most serious of facts.

Power when wielded by abnormal energy is the most serious of facts.

Simplicity is the most deceitful mistress that ever betrayed man.

Simplicity is the most deceitful mistress that ever betrayed man.

The press is the hired agent of a monied system, and set up for no...

The press is the hired agent of a monied system, and set up for no...

Intimates are predestined.

Intimates are predestined.

All experience is an arch, to build upon.

All experience is an arch, to build upon.

Accident counts for as much in companionship as in marriage.

Accident counts for as much in companionship as in marriage.

Friends are born, not made.

Friends are born, not made.

Chaos was the law of nature; Order was the dream of man.

Chaos was the law of nature; Order was the dream of man.

One friend in a lifetime is much, two are many, three are hardly possible. Friendship...

One friend in a lifetime is much, two are many, three are hardly possible. Friendship...

Susceptibility to the highest forces is the highest genius.

Susceptibility to the highest forces is the highest genius.

It is always good men who do the most harm in the world.

It is always good men who do the most harm in the world.

The progress of evolution from President Washington to President Grant was alone evidence to upset...

The progress of evolution from President Washington to President Grant was alone evidence to upset...

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.

No man means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for...

No man means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for...

Philosophy: Unintelligible answers to insoluble problems.

Philosophy: Unintelligible answers to insoluble problems.

American society is a sort of flat, fresh-water pond which absorbs silently, without reaction, anything...

American society is a sort of flat, fresh-water pond which absorbs silently, without reaction, anything...

Only on the edge of the grave can man conclude anything.

Only on the edge of the grave can man conclude anything.