“I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.”
Alone“The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run.”
Life“I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.”
Alone“The language of excitement is at best picturesque merely. You must be calm before you can utter oracles.”
Best“They can do without architecture who have no olives nor wines in the cellar.”
Architecture“All men are children, and of one family. The same tale sends them all to bed, and wakes them in the morning.”
Family“I have a great deal of company in the house, especially in the morning when nobody calls.”
Great“Nature puts no question and answers none which we mortals ask. She has long ago taken her resolution.”
Nature“An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.”
Morning“There are old heads in the world who cannot help me by their example or advice to live worthily and satisfactorily to myself but I believe that it is in my power to elevate myself this very hour above the common level of my life.”
Life“Not only must we be good, but we must also be good for something.”
Good“If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.”
Music“Friends... they cherish one another's hopes. They are kind to one another's dreams.”
Dreams“None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.”
Age“It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.”
Wisdom“Nature and human life are as various as our several constitutions. Who shall say what prospect life offers to another?”
Life“This world is but a canvas to our imagination.”
Art“If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. Men will believe what they see.”
Men“It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for the law, so much as for the right.”
Respect“Men have a respect for scholarship and learning greatly out of proportion to the use they commonly serve.”
Learning“Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.”
Men“The man who goes alone can start today but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready.”
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