There is nothing which strengthens faith more than the observance of morality.
JOSEPH ADDISONWhat sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life’s pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.
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I never knew an early-rising, hard-working, prudent man, careful of his earnings and strictly honest, who complained of hard luck.
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There is no virtue so truly great and godlike as justice.
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Let freedom never perish in your hands.
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Hunting is not a proper employment for a thinking man.
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The most skillful flattery is to let a person talk on, and be a listener.
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No one is more cherished in this world than someone who lightens the burden of another. Thank you.
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Love, anger, pride and avarice all visibly move in those little orbs.
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There is nothing more requisite in business than despatch.
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It is not the business of virtue to extirpate the affections of the mind, but to regulate them.
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To this end, nothing is to be more carefully consulted than plainness. In a lady’s attire this is the single excellence; for to be what some people call fine, is the same vice, in that case, as to be florid is in writing or speaking.
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The only way therefore to try a Piece of Wit, is to translate it into a different Language: If it bears the Test you may pronounceit true; but if it vanishes in the Experiment you may conclude it to have been a Punn.
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A man’s first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart.
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There is not a more unhappy being than a superannuated idol.
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There are many more shining qualities in the mind of man, but there is none so useful as discretion.
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A man who has any relish for fine writing either discovers new beauties or receives stronger impressions from the masterly strokes of a great author every time he peruses him; besides that he naturally wears himself into the same manner of speaking and thinking.
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