Times of great calamity and confusion have been productive for the greatest minds. The purest ore is produced from the hottest furnace. The brightest thunder-bolt is elicited from the darkest storm.

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Genius, in one respect, is like gold; numbers of persons are constantly writing about both,...

Genius, in one respect, is like gold; numbers of persons are constantly writing about both,...

Our very best friends have a tincture of jealousy even in their friendship; and when...

Our very best friends have a tincture of jealousy even in their friendship; and when...

The three great apostles of practical atheism, that make converts without persecuting, and retain them...

The three great apostles of practical atheism, that make converts without persecuting, and retain them...

Imitation is the sincerest flattery

Imitation is the sincerest flattery

The excess of our youth are checks written against our age and they are payable...

The excess of our youth are checks written against our age and they are payable...

There is this difference between the two temporal blessings - health and money; money is...

There is this difference between the two temporal blessings - health and money; money is...

Silence is foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.

Silence is foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.

Men are born with two eyes, but with one tongue, in order that they should...

Men are born with two eyes, but with one tongue, in order that they should...

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...

If a horse has four legs, and I'm riding it, I think I can win.

If a horse has four legs, and I'm riding it, I think I can win.

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...

There are three modes of bearing the ills of life, by indifference, by philosophy, and...

There are three modes of bearing the ills of life, by indifference, by philosophy, and...

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...

When millions applaud you seriously ask yourself what harm you have done; and when they...

When millions applaud you seriously ask yourself what harm you have done; and when they...

There are three difficulties in authorship: to write anything worth publishing, to find honest men...

There are three difficulties in authorship: to write anything worth publishing, to find honest men...

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...

The study of mathematics, like the Nile, begins in minuteness but ends in magnificence

The study of mathematics, like the Nile, begins in minuteness but ends in magnificence

Death is the liberator of him whom freedom cannot release, the physician of him whom...

Death is the liberator of him whom freedom cannot release, the physician of him whom...

The two most precious things this side of the grave are our reputation and our...

The two most precious things this side of the grave are our reputation and our...

Did universal charity prevail, earth would be a heaven, and hell a fable.

Did universal charity prevail, earth would be a heaven, and hell a fable.