To appreciate and use correctly a valuable maxim requires a genius; a vital appropriating exercise of mind closely allied to that which first created it.

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Words of love, are works of love.

Words of love, are works of love.

The line of life is a ragged diagonal between duty and desire.

The line of life is a ragged diagonal between duty and desire.

Public opinion is a second conscience.

Public opinion is a second conscience.

After every storm the sun will smile; for every problem there is a solution, and...

After every storm the sun will smile; for every problem there is a solution, and...

A crowd always thinks with its sympathy, never with its reason.

A crowd always thinks with its sympathy, never with its reason.

False eloquence is exaggeration; true eloquence is emphasis.

False eloquence is exaggeration; true eloquence is emphasis.

We give advice by the bucket, but take it by the grain.

We give advice by the bucket, but take it by the grain.

Proverbs are mental gems gathered in the diamond fields of the mind.

Proverbs are mental gems gathered in the diamond fields of the mind.

Men often make up in wrath what they want in reason.

Men often make up in wrath what they want in reason.

Apothegms are portable wisdom, the quintessential extracts of thought and feelings.

Apothegms are portable wisdom, the quintessential extracts of thought and feelings.

Even pearls are dark before the whiteness of his teeth.

Even pearls are dark before the whiteness of his teeth.

What is the highest secret to victory and peace? To will what God wills, and...

What is the highest secret to victory and peace? To will what God wills, and...

The wealth of a soul is measured by how much it can feel; its poverty...

The wealth of a soul is measured by how much it can feel; its poverty...

He who has no wish to be happier is the happiest of men.

He who has no wish to be happier is the happiest of men.

Happiness never lays its finger on its pulse.

Happiness never lays its finger on its pulse.

A girls eyes have their own vocabulary. Learn to speak that language and you will...

A girls eyes have their own vocabulary. Learn to speak that language and you will...

How to gain, how to keep, how to recover happiness is in fact for most...

How to gain, how to keep, how to recover happiness is in fact for most...

It were a real increase of human happiness, could all young men from the age...

It were a real increase of human happiness, could all young men from the age...

If you want to be happy, be

If you want to be happy, be

There is an hour wherein a man might be happy all his life, could he...

There is an hour wherein a man might be happy all his life, could he...