“If you wished to be loved, love.”
Love“True happiness is... to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.”
Future“If you wished to be loved, love.”
Love“The good things of prosperity are to be wished but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired.”
Good“The greatest remedy for anger is delay.”
Anger“As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters.”
Good“If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.”
Business“There is none made so great, but he may both need the help and service, and stand in fear of the power and unkindness, even of the meanest of mortals.”
Fear“Where fear is, happiness is not.”
Fear“There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it.”
Good“To be able to endure odium is the first art to be learned by those who aspire to power.”
Art“Everything is the product of one universal creative effort. There is nothing dead in Nature. Everything is organic and living, and therefore the whole world appears to be a living organism.”
Nature“When we are well, we all have good advice for those who are ill.”
Good“I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.”
Good“As long as you live, keep learning how to live.”
Learning“Anger: an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.”
Anger“It is the superfluous things for which men sweat, - superfluous things that wear our togas theadbare, that force us to grow old in camp, that dash us upon foreign shores.”
Men“Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.”
Religion“Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then be useful where your own self-love might impair your judgment.”
Respect“No one can be happy who has been thrust outside the pale of truth. And there are two ways that one can be removed from this realm: by lying, or by being lied to.”
Truth“So live with men as if God saw you and speak to God, as if men heard you.”
God“He who has great power should use it lightly.”
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