As soon as there is life there is danger.
The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.
It makes a great difference in the force of a sentence, whether a man be behind it or no.
When I was praised I lost my time, for instantly I turned around to look at the work I had thought slightly of, and that day I made nothing new.
Adopt the pace of nature, her secret is patience.
Every man has his own vocation, talent is the call.
Courtesy Life be not so short but that there is always time for courtesy.
Good men must not obey the laws too well.
Great geniuses have the shortest biographies.
Beware when the great God lets loose a thinker on this planet.
The best lightning rod for your protection is your own spine.
Commerce is of trivial import; love, faith, truth of character, the aspiration of man, these are sacred.
So much of our time is spent in preparation, so much in routine, and so much in retrospect, that the amount of each person’s genius is confined to a very few hours.
The chief mourner does not always attend the funeral.
Great hearts steadily send forth the secret forces that incessantly draw great events.
People wish to be settled. It is only as far as they are unsettled that there is any hope for them.
Every man passes his life in the search after friendship.
Property is an intellectual production. The game requires coolness, right reasoning, promptness, and patience in the players.
Imagination is not a talent of some people but is the health of everyone.
Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel. It is to bring another out of his bad sense into your good sense.
These times of ours are serious and full of calamity, but all times are essentially alike. As soon as there is life there is danger.
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