There are two way of establishing a reputation, one to be praised by honest people and the other to be accused by rogues. It is best, however, to secure the first one, because it will always be accompanied by the…

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Men's arguments often prove nothing but their wishes.

Men's arguments often prove nothing but their wishes.

Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen. Like friends, too, we should return...

Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen. Like friends, too, we should return...

It is doubtful whether mankind are most indebted to those who like Bacon and Butler...

It is doubtful whether mankind are most indebted to those who like Bacon and Butler...

Anguish of mind has driven thousands to suicide; anguish of body, none. This proves that...

Anguish of mind has driven thousands to suicide; anguish of body, none. This proves that...

Memory is the friend of wit, but the treacherous ally of invention; there are many...

Memory is the friend of wit, but the treacherous ally of invention; there are many...

No company is preferable to bad. We are more apt to catch the vices of...

No company is preferable to bad. We are more apt to catch the vices of...

To write what is worth publishing, to find honest people to publish it, and get...

To write what is worth publishing, to find honest people to publish it, and get...

Fame is an undertaker that pays but little attention to the living, but bedizens the...

Fame is an undertaker that pays but little attention to the living, but bedizens the...

The consequences of things are not always proportionate to the apparent magnitude of those events...

The consequences of things are not always proportionate to the apparent magnitude of those events...

Love is an alliance of friendship and animalism; if the former predominates it is passion...

Love is an alliance of friendship and animalism; if the former predominates it is passion...

Suicide sometimes proceeds from cowardice, but not always; for cowardice sometimes prevents it; since as...

Suicide sometimes proceeds from cowardice, but not always; for cowardice sometimes prevents it; since as...

Bigotry murders religion to frighten fools with her ghost.

Bigotry murders religion to frighten fools with her ghost.

Moderation is the inseparable companion of wisdom, but with it genius has not even a...

Moderation is the inseparable companion of wisdom, but with it genius has not even a...

Doubt is the vestibule through which all must pass before they can enter into the...

Doubt is the vestibule through which all must pass before they can enter into the...

The soundest argument will produce no more conviction in an empty head than the most...

The soundest argument will produce no more conviction in an empty head than the most...

If you cannot inspire a woman with love of you, fill her above the brim...

If you cannot inspire a woman with love of you, fill her above the brim...

Those who visit foreign nations, but associate only with their own country-men, change their climate,...

Those who visit foreign nations, but associate only with their own country-men, change their climate,...

No man is wise enough, nor good enough, to be trusted with unlimited power

No man is wise enough, nor good enough, to be trusted with unlimited power

When you can't believe your eyes, you can always trust your heart. Love makes anything...

When you can't believe your eyes, you can always trust your heart. Love makes anything...

Me and my heart we got issues, don't know if I should hate you or...

Me and my heart we got issues, don't know if I should hate you or...