Trifles make up the happiness or the misery of human life.

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Trees are your best antiques.

Trees are your best antiques.

There is no ghost so difficult to lay as the ghost of an injury.

There is no ghost so difficult to lay as the ghost of an injury.

The dead keep their secrets, and in a while we shall be as wise as...

The dead keep their secrets, and in a while we shall be as wise as...

Love is but the discovery of ourselves in others, and the delight in the recognition.

Love is but the discovery of ourselves in others, and the delight in the recognition.

To be occasionally quoted is the only fame I care for.

To be occasionally quoted is the only fame I care for.

Every man's road in life is marked by the graves of his personal liking.

Every man's road in life is marked by the graves of his personal liking.

If the egotist is weak, his egotism is worthless. If the egotist is strong, acute,...

If the egotist is weak, his egotism is worthless. If the egotist is strong, acute,...

If you wish to preserve your secret, wrap it up in frankness.

If you wish to preserve your secret, wrap it up in frankness.

To be occasionally quoted is the only fame I care for.

To be occasionally quoted is the only fame I care for.

Books are a finer world within the world.

Books are a finer world within the world.

Christmas is the day that holds all time together.

Christmas is the day that holds all time together.

Death is the ugly fact which Nature has to hide, and she hides it well.

Death is the ugly fact which Nature has to hide, and she hides it well.

A man's real possession is his memory. In nothing else is he rich, in nothing...

A man's real possession is his memory. In nothing else is he rich, in nothing...

I go into my library and all history unrolls before me.

I go into my library and all history unrolls before me.

The saddest thing that befalls a soul Is when it loses faith in God and...

The saddest thing that befalls a soul Is when it loses faith in God and...

The man who in this world can keep the whiteness of his soul is not...

The man who in this world can keep the whiteness of his soul is not...

We are never happy; we can only remember that we were so once.

We are never happy; we can only remember that we were so once.

If you wish to make a man look noble, your best course is to kill...

If you wish to make a man look noble, your best course is to kill...

To sit for one's portrait is like being present at one's own creation.

To sit for one's portrait is like being present at one's own creation.

How deeply seated in the human heart is the liking for gardens and gardening.

How deeply seated in the human heart is the liking for gardens and gardening.