The only thing wealth does for some people is to make them worry about losing it.

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To lose one's self in reverie, one must be either very happy, or very unhappy....

To lose one's self in reverie, one must be either very happy, or very unhappy....

Ideas are a capital that bears interest only in the hands of talent.

Ideas are a capital that bears interest only in the hands of talent.

It is, no doubt, an immense advantage to have done nothing, but one should not...

It is, no doubt, an immense advantage to have done nothing, but one should not...

It is, no doubt, an immense advantage to have done nothing, but one should not...

It is, no doubt, an immense advantage to have done nothing, but one should not...

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Generally speaking, there is more wit than talent in the world. Society swarms with witty...

Generally speaking, there is more wit than talent in the world. Society swarms with witty...

Speech is external thought, and thought internal speech.

Speech is external thought, and thought internal speech.

Reason is the historian, but passions are the actors.

Reason is the historian, but passions are the actors.

Man spends his life in reasoning on the past, in complaining of the present, in...

Man spends his life in reasoning on the past, in complaining of the present, in...

Familiarity is the root of the closest friendships, as well as the intensest hatreds

Familiarity is the root of the closest friendships, as well as the intensest hatreds

Of every ten persons who talk about you, nine will say something bad, and the...

Of every ten persons who talk about you, nine will say something bad, and the...

Memory always obeys the commands of the heart.

Memory always obeys the commands of the heart.

It is the dim haze of mystery that adds enchantment to pursuit.

It is the dim haze of mystery that adds enchantment to pursuit.

Reason is the historian, but passions are the actors.

Reason is the historian, but passions are the actors.

Vices are often habits rather than passions

Vices are often habits rather than passions

To lose one's self in reverie, one must be either very happy, or very unhappy....

To lose one's self in reverie, one must be either very happy, or very unhappy....

Ideas are a capital that bears interest only in the hands of talent.

Ideas are a capital that bears interest only in the hands of talent.

Ideas, like individuals, live and die. They flourish, according to their nature, in one soil...

Ideas, like individuals, live and die. They flourish, according to their nature, in one soil...

We shouldn't be looking for heroes, we should be looking for good ideas.

We shouldn't be looking for heroes, we should be looking for good ideas.

The ideas gained by men before they are twenty-five are practically the only ideas they...

The ideas gained by men before they are twenty-five are practically the only ideas they...