What we truly and earnestly aspire to be, that in some sense we are. The mere aspiration, by changing the frame of the mind, for the moment realizes itself.

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Conversation may be compared to a lyre with seven chords - philosophy, art, poetry, love,...

Conversation may be compared to a lyre with seven chords - philosophy, art, poetry, love,...

A man may be as much a fool from the want of sensibility as the...

A man may be as much a fool from the want of sensibility as the...

What we earnestly aspire to be, that in some sense we are.

What we earnestly aspire to be, that in some sense we are.

In morals what begins in fear usually ends in wickedness; in religion what begins in...

In morals what begins in fear usually ends in wickedness; in religion what begins in...

Childhood sometimes does pay a second visit to man, youth never

Childhood sometimes does pay a second visit to man, youth never

Childhood sometimes does pay a second visit to man, youth never.

Childhood sometimes does pay a second visit to man, youth never.

Conversation may be compared to a lyre with seven chords - philosophy, art, poetry, love,...

Conversation may be compared to a lyre with seven chords - philosophy, art, poetry, love,...

All my experience of the world teaches me that in ninety-nine cases out of a...

All my experience of the world teaches me that in ninety-nine cases out of a...

Accuracy of language is one of the bulwarks of truth.

Accuracy of language is one of the bulwarks of truth.

The only competition worthy a wise man is with himself.

The only competition worthy a wise man is with himself.

Trust in my affection for you.

Trust in my affection for you.

The affections are like lightning: you cannot tell where they will strike till they have...

The affections are like lightning: you cannot tell where they will strike till they have...

One is never too old to yearn

One is never too old to yearn

The hardest of all is learning to be a well of affection, and not a...

The hardest of all is learning to be a well of affection, and not a...

He who does not see the angels and devils in the beauty and malice of...

He who does not see the angels and devils in the beauty and malice of...

I wash my hands of those who imagine chattering to be knowledge, silence to be...

I wash my hands of those who imagine chattering to be knowledge, silence to be...

The more merit, the less affection

The more merit, the less affection

We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our...

We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our...

I was adored once too.

I was adored once too.

Love is what makes two people sit in the middle of a bench when there...

Love is what makes two people sit in the middle of a bench when there...