Romance and novel paint beauty in colors more charming than nature, and describe a happiness that humans never taste. How deceptive and destructive are those pictures of consummate bliss!

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Tenderness is a virtue.

Tenderness is a virtue.

How happy he who crowns in shades like these, A youth of labour with an...

How happy he who crowns in shades like these, A youth of labour with an...

The best way to make your audience laugh is to start laughing yourself.

The best way to make your audience laugh is to start laughing yourself.

Man wants but little here below, nor wants that little long.

Man wants but little here below, nor wants that little long.

Success consists of getting up just one more time than you fall.

Success consists of getting up just one more time than you fall.

Pity and friendship are two passions incompatible with each other.

Pity and friendship are two passions incompatible with each other.

Conscience is a coward, and those faults it has not strength enough to prevent it...

Conscience is a coward, and those faults it has not strength enough to prevent it...

Our greatest glory consists not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall

Our greatest glory consists not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall

Surely the best way to meet the enemy is head on in the field and...

Surely the best way to meet the enemy is head on in the field and...

The true use of speech is not so much to express our wants as to...

The true use of speech is not so much to express our wants as to...

Where wealth accumulates, men decay.

Where wealth accumulates, men decay.

Honor sinks where commerce long prevails.

Honor sinks where commerce long prevails.

Aromatic plants bestow no spicy fragrance while they grow; but crush'd or trodden to the...

Aromatic plants bestow no spicy fragrance while they grow; but crush'd or trodden to the...

I love everything that's old, - old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old...

I love everything that's old, - old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old...

Fortune is ever seen accompanying industry

Fortune is ever seen accompanying industry

People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy.

People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy.

People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy.

People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy.

Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues.

Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues.

Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue

Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue

It is easy for a somebody to be modest, but it is difficult to be...

It is easy for a somebody to be modest, but it is difficult to be...