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The mind can weave itself warmly in the cocoon of its own thoughts, and dwell a hermit anywhere.
In the ocean of baseness, the deeper we get, the easier the sinking.
Once to every person and nation come the moment to decide. In the conflict of truth with falsehood, for the good or evil side.
It is by presence of mind in untried emergencies that the native metal of man is tested.
Poetry is something to make us wiser and better, by continually revealing those types of beauty and truth, which God has set in all men's souls.
There is no good in arguing with the inevitable. The only argument available with an east wind is to put on your overcoat.
A great man is made up of qualities that meet or make great occasions.
Death is delightful. Death is dawn, The waking from a weary night Of fevers unto truth and light.
Folks never understand the folks they hate.
And what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect days.
Solitude is as needful to the imagination as society is wholesome for the character.
As life runs on, the road grows strange with faces new - and near the end. The milestones into headstones change, Neath every one a friend.
Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervade the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character.
The heart forgets its sorrow and ache.
Let us be of good cheer, however, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never come.
Not failure, but low aim, is crime.
Good luck is the willing handmaid of upright, energetic character, and conscientious observance of duty.
Joy comes, grief goes, we know not how.
Every person born into this world their work is born with them.
Freedom is the only law which genius knows.
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