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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The only competition worthy a wise man is with himself.

The only competition worthy a wise man is with himself.

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...

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

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

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.

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

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

Accuracy of language is one of the bulwarks of truth.

Accuracy of language is one of the bulwarks of truth.

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...

Trust in my affection for you.

Trust in my affection for you.

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,...