Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience and we soon shall see them in their proper figures.

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Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.

Is there not some chosen curse, some hidden thunder in the stores of heaven, red...

Is there not some chosen curse, some hidden thunder in the stores of heaven, red...

The fear of death often proves mortal, and sets people on methods to save their...

The fear of death often proves mortal, and sets people on methods to save their...

To say that authority, whether secular or religious, supplies no ground for morality is not...

To say that authority, whether secular or religious, supplies no ground for morality is not...

I will indulge my sorrows, and give way to all the pangs and fury of...

I will indulge my sorrows, and give way to all the pangs and fury of...

A cloudy day or a little sunshine have as great an influence on many constitutions...

A cloudy day or a little sunshine have as great an influence on many constitutions...

Jesters do often prove prophets.

Jesters do often prove prophets.

Wit is the fetching of congruity out of incongruity

Wit is the fetching of congruity out of incongruity

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be...

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be...

The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and praise, are...

The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and praise, are...

There is not a more unhappy being than a superannuated idol.

There is not a more unhappy being than a superannuated idol.

Those Marriages generally abound most with Love and Constancy, that are preceded by a long...

Those Marriages generally abound most with Love and Constancy, that are preceded by a long...

The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and praise, are...

The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and praise, are...

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.

If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise...

If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise...

Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down...

Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down...

Nothing is capable of being well set to music that is not nonsense.

Nothing is capable of being well set to music that is not nonsense.

There is nothing which we receive with so much reluctance as advice.

There is nothing which we receive with so much reluctance as advice.

The one thing people are the most liberal with, is their advice.

The one thing people are the most liberal with, is their advice.

Advice is judged by results, not by intentions.

Advice is judged by results, not by intentions.