With regard to donations always expect the most from prudent people, who keep their own accounts.

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To say that authority, whether secular or religious, supplies no ground for morality is not...

To say that authority, whether secular or religious, supplies no ground for morality is not...

A cloudy day or a little sunshine have as great an influence on many constitutions...

A cloudy day or a little sunshine have as great an influence on many constitutions...

Good nature is more agreeable in conversation than wit, and gives a certain air to...

Good nature is more agreeable in conversation than wit, and gives a certain air to...

Nothing is more gratifying to the mind of man than power or dominion.

Nothing is more gratifying to the mind of man than power or dominion.

When love once pleads admission to our hearts, In spite of all the virtue we...

When love once pleads admission to our hearts, In spite of all the virtue we...

The fear of death often proves mortal, and sets people on methods to save their...

The fear of death often proves mortal, and sets people on methods to save their...

There is not a more unhappy being than a superannuated idol.

There is not a more unhappy being than a superannuated idol.

Pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall.

Pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall.

Ridicule is generally made use of to laugh men out of virtue and good sense,...

Ridicule is generally made use of to laugh men out of virtue and good sense,...

Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life.

Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life.

A man that has a taste of music, painting, or architecture, is like one that...

A man that has a taste of music, painting, or architecture, is like one that...

In life we don't know how many Love's the Lord will send us, but we...

In life we don't know how many Love's the Lord will send us, but we...

A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants.

A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants.

I... recommend to every one of my Readers, the keeping a Journal of their Lives...

I... recommend to every one of my Readers, the keeping a Journal of their Lives...

It is folly for an eminent man to think of escaping censure, and a weakness...

It is folly for an eminent man to think of escaping censure, and a weakness...

Nothing is capable of being well set to music that is not nonsense.

Nothing is capable of being well set to music that is not nonsense.

The Mind that lies fallow but a single Day, sprouts up in Follies that are...

The Mind that lies fallow but a single Day, sprouts up in Follies that are...

Mere bashfulness without merit is awkwardness.

Mere bashfulness without merit is awkwardness.

Admiration is a very short-lived passion, that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object.

Admiration is a very short-lived passion, that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object.

What pity is it That we can die, but once to serve our country.

What pity is it That we can die, but once to serve our country.