The schoolboy whips his taxed top; the beardless youth manages his taxed horse with a taxed bridle on a taxed road; and the dying Englishman, pouring his medicine, which has paid seven per cent, into a spoon that has paid…

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Never give way to melancholy; resist it steadily, for the habit will encroach.

Never give way to melancholy; resist it steadily, for the habit will encroach.

A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little...

A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little...

Whatever you are by nature, keep to it; never desert your line of talent. Be...

Whatever you are by nature, keep to it; never desert your line of talent. Be...

The thing about performance, even if it's only an illusion, is that it is a...

The thing about performance, even if it's only an illusion, is that it is a...

What a pity it is that we have no amusements in England but vice and...

What a pity it is that we have no amusements in England but vice and...

Among the smaller duties of life I hardly know any one more important than that...

Among the smaller duties of life I hardly know any one more important than that...

I have the most perfect confidence in your indiscretion

I have the most perfect confidence in your indiscretion

Science is his forte, and omniscience his foible.

Science is his forte, and omniscience his foible.

Man could direct his ways by plain reason, and support his life by tasteless food,...

Man could direct his ways by plain reason, and support his life by tasteless food,...

Marriage resembles a pair of shears, so joined that they cannot be separated, often moving...

Marriage resembles a pair of shears, so joined that they cannot be separated, often moving...

The object of preaching is to constantly remind mankind of what they keep forgetting; not...

The object of preaching is to constantly remind mankind of what they keep forgetting; not...

What you don't know would make a great book.

What you don't know would make a great book.

As the French say, there are three sexes - men, women, and clergymen.

As the French say, there are three sexes - men, women, and clergymen.

Praise is the best diet for us, after all

Praise is the best diet for us, after all

What would life be without arithmetic, but a scene of horrors?

What would life be without arithmetic, but a scene of horrors?

Let the Dean and Canons lay their heads together and the thing will be done.

Let the Dean and Canons lay their heads together and the thing will be done.

What would life be without arithmetic, but a scene of horrors?

What would life be without arithmetic, but a scene of horrors?

I never read a book before previewing it; it prejudices a man so.

I never read a book before previewing it; it prejudices a man so.

It is safest to be moderately base - to be flexible in shame, and to...

It is safest to be moderately base - to be flexible in shame, and to...

A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little...

A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little...