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- Some reputed saints that have been canonized ought to have been cannonaded. Been
- There is this difference between the two temporal blessings - health and money; money is the most envied, but the least enjoyed; health is the… Blessing
- Alas! What is man? Whether he be deprived of that light which is from on high, of whether he discard it, a frail and trembling… Alas
- Man, if he compare himself with all that he can see, is at the zenith of power; but if he compare himself with all that… All
- Mental pleasures never cloy; unlike those of the body, they are increased by reputation, approved by reflection, and strengthened by enjoyment. Approved
- Sloth, if it has prevented many crimes, has also smothered many virtues. Crime
- It is a mistake, that a lust for power is the mark of a great mind; for even the weakest have been captivated by it;… Been
- From its very inaction, idleness ultimately becomes the most active cause of evil; as a palsy is more to be dreaded than a fever. The… Active
- Ignorance lies at the bottom of all human knowledge, and the deeper we penetrate, the nearer we arrive unto it. All
- Our very best friends have a tincture of jealousy even in their friendship; and when they hear us praised by others, will ascribe it to… Ascribe
- No men deserve the title of infidels so little as those to whom it has been usually applied; let any of those who renounce Christianity,… Absurdities
- Tomorrow! It is a period nowhere to be found in all the registers of time, unless, perchance, in the fool's calendar. All
- He that has cut the claws of the lion will not feel quite secure until he has also drawn his teeth. Claws
- Falsehood is never so successful as when she baits her hook with truth, and no opinions so fatally mislead us as those that are not… Bait
- No two things differ more than hurry and dispatch. Hurry is the mark of a weak mind, dispatch of a strong one. A weak man… Action
- Habit will reconcile us to everything but change Change
- Memory is the friend of wit, but the treacherous ally of invention; there are many books that owe their success to two things; good memory… Allies
- Fame is an undertaker that pays but little attention to the living, but bedizens the dead, furnishes out their funerals, and follows them to the… Attention
- Most females will forgive a liberty rather than a slight Female
- It is doubtful whether mankind are most indebted to those who like Bacon and Butler dig the gold from the mine of literature, or to… Bacon
- The whole family of pride and ignorance are incestuous, and mutually beget each other Beget
- The greatest genius is never so great as when it is chastised and subdued by the highest reason. Chastised
- Genius, in one respect, is like gold; numbers of persons are constantly writing about both, who have neither. Both
- It is not until we have passed through the furnace that we are made to know how much dross there is in our composition. Composition
- Envy, if surrounded on all sides by the brightness of another's prosperity, like the scorpion confined within a circle of fire, will sting itself to… All
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