Only choose in marriage a man whom you would choose as a friend if he were a woman.

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Children need models rather than critics.

Children need models rather than critics.

Genius is the ability to see things invisible, to manipulate things intangible, to paint things...

Genius is the ability to see things invisible, to manipulate things intangible, to paint things...

When a nation gives birth to a man who is able to produce a great...

When a nation gives birth to a man who is able to produce a great...

Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.

Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.

The passions of the young are vices in the old.

The passions of the young are vices in the old.

A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.

A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.

The mind conceives with pain, but it brings forth with delight.

The mind conceives with pain, but it brings forth with delight.

God has commanded Time to console the unhappy

God has commanded Time to console the unhappy

Love and fear. Everything the father of a family says must inspire one or the...

Love and fear. Everything the father of a family says must inspire one or the...

The Bible remained for me a book of books, still divine - but divine in...

The Bible remained for me a book of books, still divine - but divine in...

All are born to observe order, but few are born to establish it.

All are born to observe order, but few are born to establish it.

Imagination is the eye of the soul.

Imagination is the eye of the soul.

Never write anything that does not give you great pleasure. Emotion is easily transferred from...

Never write anything that does not give you great pleasure. Emotion is easily transferred from...

Mediocrity is excellent to the eyes of mediocre people

Mediocrity is excellent to the eyes of mediocre people

One of the most difficult things to give away is kindness it is usually returned

One of the most difficult things to give away is kindness it is usually returned

Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable

Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable

The Bible remained for me a book of books, still divine - but divine in...

The Bible remained for me a book of books, still divine - but divine in...

We may convince others by our arguments; but we can only persuade them by their...

We may convince others by our arguments; but we can only persuade them by their...

Getting into an argument is like being arrested, because everything you say will be used...

Getting into an argument is like being arrested, because everything you say will be used...

The soundest argument will produce no more conviction in an empty head than the most...

The soundest argument will produce no more conviction in an empty head than the most...