The half hour between waking and rising has all my life proved propitious to any task which was exercising my invention... It was always when I first opened my eyes that the desired ideas thronged upon me.

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One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled with noble...

One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled with noble...

If you once turn on your side after the hour at which you ought to...

If you once turn on your side after the hour at which you ought to...

A rusty nail placed near a faithful compass, will sway it from the truth, and...

A rusty nail placed near a faithful compass, will sway it from the truth, and...

It is wonderful what strength of purpose and boldness and energy of will are roused...

It is wonderful what strength of purpose and boldness and energy of will are roused...

There is a vulgar incredulity, which in historical matters, as well as in those of...

There is a vulgar incredulity, which in historical matters, as well as in those of...

A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason; if he...

A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason; if he...

Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.

Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.

To all, to each, a fair good-night, and pleasing dreams, and slumbers light.

To all, to each, a fair good-night, and pleasing dreams, and slumbers light.

If a farmer fills his barn with grain, he gets mice. If he leaves it...

If a farmer fills his barn with grain, he gets mice. If he leaves it...

'Tis sweet to know there is an eye will mark our coming, and look brighter...

'Tis sweet to know there is an eye will mark our coming, and look brighter...

To be ambitious of true honor, of the true glory and perfection of our natures,...

To be ambitious of true honor, of the true glory and perfection of our natures,...

Success or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude even than by...

Success or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude even than by...

Faces that have charmed us the most escape us the soonest.

Faces that have charmed us the most escape us the soonest.

Success - keeping your mind awake and your desire asleep.

Success - keeping your mind awake and your desire asleep.

What is a diary as a rule? A document useful to the person who keeps...

What is a diary as a rule? A document useful to the person who keeps...

He that climbs the tall tree has won right to the fruit, He that leaps...

He that climbs the tall tree has won right to the fruit, He that leaps...

We build statues out of snow, and weep to see them melt.

We build statues out of snow, and weep to see them melt.

What I have to say is far more important than how long my eyelashes are.

What I have to say is far more important than how long my eyelashes are.

O, what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive!

O, what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive!

Of all vices, drinking is the most incompatible with greatness.

Of all vices, drinking is the most incompatible with greatness.