Wine is a treacherous friend who you must always be on guard for.

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Heaven lent you a soul, Earth will lend a grave.

Heaven lent you a soul, Earth will lend a grave.

Next to being witty, the best thing is being able to quote another's wit.

Next to being witty, the best thing is being able to quote another's wit.

There is great beauty in going through life without anxiety or fear. Half our fears...

There is great beauty in going through life without anxiety or fear. Half our fears...

Fame - a few words upon a tombstone, and the truth of those not to...

Fame - a few words upon a tombstone, and the truth of those not to...

We trifle when we assign limits to our desires, since nature hath set none.

We trifle when we assign limits to our desires, since nature hath set none.

The great artist is a slave to his ideals.

The great artist is a slave to his ideals.

As threshing separates the wheat from the chaff, so does affliction purify virtue.

As threshing separates the wheat from the chaff, so does affliction purify virtue.

Many children, many cares; no children, no felicity.

Many children, many cares; no children, no felicity.

Genius makes its observations in short-hand; talent writes them out at length.

Genius makes its observations in short-hand; talent writes them out at length.

We make way for the man who boldly pushes past us.

We make way for the man who boldly pushes past us.

The grandest of all laws is the law of progressive development. Under it, in the...

The grandest of all laws is the law of progressive development. Under it, in the...

In ambition, as in love, the successful can afford to be indulgent toward their rivals....

In ambition, as in love, the successful can afford to be indulgent toward their rivals....

Tranquil pleasures last the longest; we are not fitted to bear the burden of great...

Tranquil pleasures last the longest; we are not fitted to bear the burden of great...

Panic is a sudden desertion of us, and a going over to the enemy of...

Panic is a sudden desertion of us, and a going over to the enemy of...

Living with a saint is more grueling than being one.

Living with a saint is more grueling than being one.

Earth took her shining station as a star, In Heaven's dark hall, high up the...

Earth took her shining station as a star, In Heaven's dark hall, high up the...

The body of a sensualist is the coffin of a dead soul.

The body of a sensualist is the coffin of a dead soul.

Our first and last love is self-love.

Our first and last love is self-love.

When all else is lost, the future still remains.

When all else is lost, the future still remains.

The passions are like fire, useful in a thousand ways and dangerous only in one,...

The passions are like fire, useful in a thousand ways and dangerous only in one,...