The man of the house can destroy the pleasure of the household, but he cannot make it. That rests with the woman, and it is her greatest privilege.

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Having once decided to achieve a certain task, achieve it at all costs of tedium...

Having once decided to achieve a certain task, achieve it at all costs of tedium...

Man ceased to be an ape, vanquished the ape, on the day the first book...

Man ceased to be an ape, vanquished the ape, on the day the first book...

A mixture of admiration and pity is one of the surest recipes for affection.

A mixture of admiration and pity is one of the surest recipes for affection.

A man's action is only a picture book of his creed.

A man's action is only a picture book of his creed.

Mankind are apt to be strongly prejudicial in favor of whatever is countenanced by antiquity,...

Mankind are apt to be strongly prejudicial in favor of whatever is countenanced by antiquity,...

Choose an author as you choose a friend.

Choose an author as you choose a friend.

Choose an author as you choose a friend.

Choose an author as you choose a friend.

It has always appeared to me, that there is so much to be done in...

It has always appeared to me, that there is so much to be done in...

An official man is always an official man, and he has a wild belief in...

An official man is always an official man, and he has a wild belief in...

Is boredom anything less than the sense of one's faculties slowly dying?

Is boredom anything less than the sense of one's faculties slowly dying?

Reading is sometimes an ingenious device for avoiding thought

Reading is sometimes an ingenious device for avoiding thought

There are no better cosmetics than a severe temperance and purity, modesty and humility, a...

There are no better cosmetics than a severe temperance and purity, modesty and humility, a...

Is boredom anything less than the sense of one's faculties slowly dying?

Is boredom anything less than the sense of one's faculties slowly dying?

Keep your feet on the ground, but let your heart soar as high as it...

Keep your feet on the ground, but let your heart soar as high as it...

The sense of danger is never, perhaps, so fully apprehended as when the danger has...

The sense of danger is never, perhaps, so fully apprehended as when the danger has...

Routine is not organization, any more than paralysis is order.

Routine is not organization, any more than paralysis is order.

Those who never philosophized until they met with disappointments, have mostly become disappointed philosophers

Those who never philosophized until they met with disappointments, have mostly become disappointed philosophers

What a blessing this smoking is! Perhaps the greatest that we owe to the discovery...

What a blessing this smoking is! Perhaps the greatest that we owe to the discovery...

The events of September 11 were carried out by people armed not with weapons of...

The events of September 11 were carried out by people armed not with weapons of...

Lee was such a fine, high-class boy. If my son killed the president he would...

Lee was such a fine, high-class boy. If my son killed the president he would...

One of the blessings of being rich is the blessing to be charitable

One of the blessings of being rich is the blessing to be charitable

Courage is the discovery that you may not win, and trying when you know you...

Courage is the discovery that you may not win, and trying when you know you...