Life, an age to the miserable, and a moment to the happy.
Silence is the virtue of fools.
There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which is lost by not trying.
The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.
Discretion of speech is more than eloquence, and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak in good words, or in good order.
Houses are built to live in, and not to look on: therefore let use be preferred before uniformity.
Croesus said to Cambyses; That peace was better than war; because in peace the sons did bury their fathers, but in wars the fathers did bury their sons.
It is a miserable state of mind to have few things to desire and many things to fear.
Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable.
God almighty first planted a garden: and, indeed, it is the purest of human pleasure.
People have discovered that they can fool the devil; but they can’t fool the neighbors.
Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid.
Our humanity is a poor thing, except for the divinity that stirs within us.
People of great position are servants times three, servants of their country, servants of fame, and servants of business.
As the births of living creatures, at first, are ill-shapen: so are all Innovations, which are the births of time.
Wise men make more opportunities than they find.
It is the true office of history to represent the events themselves, together with the counsels, and to leave the observations and conclusions thereupon to the liberty and faculty of every man’s judgment.
Who ever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul.
If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world, and that his heart is no island cut off from other lands, but a continent that joins to them.
They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea.
Of great wealth there is no real use, except in its distribution, the rest is just conceit.
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