The progress of evolution from President Washington to President Grant was alone evidence to upset Darwin.

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Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.

No man means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for...

No man means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for...

Simplicity is the most deceitful mistress that ever betrayed man.

Simplicity is the most deceitful mistress that ever betrayed man.

Only on the edge of the grave can man conclude anything.

Only on the edge of the grave can man conclude anything.

Young men have a passion for regarding their elders as senile.

Young men have a passion for regarding their elders as senile.

Accident counts for as much in companionship as in marriage.

Accident counts for as much in companionship as in marriage.

One friend in a lifetime is much, two are many, three are hardly possible. Friendship...

One friend in a lifetime is much, two are many, three are hardly possible. Friendship...

All experience is an arch, to build upon.

All experience is an arch, to build upon.

Absolute liberty is absence of restraint; responsibility is restraint; therefore, the ideally free individual is...

Absolute liberty is absence of restraint; responsibility is restraint; therefore, the ideally free individual is...

It is always good men who do the most harm in the world.

It is always good men who do the most harm in the world.

Intimates are predestined.

Intimates are predestined.

At best, the renewal of broken relations is a nervous matter.

At best, the renewal of broken relations is a nervous matter.

No man likes to have his intelligence or good faith questioned, especially if he has...

No man likes to have his intelligence or good faith questioned, especially if he has...

Morality is a private and costly luxury.

Morality is a private and costly luxury.

A teacher affects eternity he can never tell, where his influence stops.

A teacher affects eternity he can never tell, where his influence stops.

In plain words, Chaos was the law of nature Order was the dream of man.

In plain words, Chaos was the law of nature Order was the dream of man.

American society is a sort of flat, fresh-water pond which absorbs silently, without reaction, anything...

American society is a sort of flat, fresh-water pond which absorbs silently, without reaction, anything...

Everyone carries his own inch rule of taste, and amuse himself by applying it, triumphantly,...

Everyone carries his own inch rule of taste, and amuse himself by applying it, triumphantly,...

No man, however strong, can serve ten years as schoolmaster, priest, or Senator, and remain...

No man, however strong, can serve ten years as schoolmaster, priest, or Senator, and remain...

The proper study of mankind is woman.

The proper study of mankind is woman.