We should every night call ourselves to an account: what infirmity have I mastered today? What passions opposed? What temptation resisted? What virtue acquired? Our vices will abate of themselves if they be brought every day to the shrift.

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A quarrel is quickly settled when deserted by one party; there is no battle unless...

A quarrel is quickly settled when deserted by one party; there is no battle unless...

The great blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach; but we shut...

The great blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach; but we shut...

The greater part of progress is the desire for progress

The greater part of progress is the desire for progress

If you judge, investigate

If you judge, investigate

Old age is an incurable disease.

Old age is an incurable disease.

Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher

Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher

The true felicity of life is to be free from anxieties and perturbations; to understand...

The true felicity of life is to be free from anxieties and perturbations; to understand...

Life without the courage for death is slavery

Life without the courage for death is slavery

Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.

Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.

To wish to be well is a part of becoming well.

To wish to be well is a part of becoming well.

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because...

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because...

True praise comes often even to the lowly; false praise only to the strong.

True praise comes often even to the lowly; false praise only to the strong.

Never give advice - sell it

Never give advice - sell it

If you judge, investigate

If you judge, investigate

If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.

If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.

The important thing about a problem is not its solution, but the strength we gain...

The important thing about a problem is not its solution, but the strength we gain...

As it is with a play, so it is with life, what matters is not...

As it is with a play, so it is with life, what matters is not...

There is no great genius without some touch of madness.

There is no great genius without some touch of madness.

I'm the artist formally known as Beck. I have a genius wig. When I put...

I'm the artist formally known as Beck. I have a genius wig. When I put...

The man of genius inspires us with a boundless confidence in our own powers.

The man of genius inspires us with a boundless confidence in our own powers.