To do anything in this world worth doing, we must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in, and scramble through as well as we can.

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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...

A comfortable house is a great source of happiness. It ranks immediately after health and...

A comfortable house is a great source of happiness. It ranks immediately after health and...

Heaven never helps the men who will not act.

Heaven never helps the men who will not act.

Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love and to be loved is...

Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love and to be loved is...

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...

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...

Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love and to be loved is...

Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love and to be loved is...

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...

It is natural to every man to wish for distinction, and the praise of those...

It is natural to every man to wish for distinction, and the praise of those...

In composing, as a general rule, run your pen through every other word you have...

In composing, as a general rule, run your pen through every other word you have...

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...

Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for...

Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for...

Never talk for half a minute without pausing and giving others a chance to join...

Never talk for half a minute without pausing and giving others a chance to join...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

No man can ever end with being superior who will not begin with being inferior.

No man can ever end with being superior who will not begin with being inferior.

Live always in the best company when you read.

Live always in the best company when you read.

Bishop Berkeley destroyed this world in one volume octavo; and nothing remained, after his time,...

Bishop Berkeley destroyed this world in one volume octavo; and nothing remained, after his time,...