"The union of the Word and the Mind produces that mystery which is called Life... Learn deeply of the Mind and its mystery, for therein lies the secret of immortality."
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A man must be both stupid and uncharitable who believes there is no virtue or truth but on his own side.
The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover.
Admiration is a very short-lived passion that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object, unless it be still fed with fresh discoveries, and kept alive by a new perpetual succession of miracles rising up to its view.
Everything that is new or uncommon raises a pleasure in the imagination, because it fills the soul with an agreeable surprise, gratifies its curiosity, and gives it an idea of which it was not before possessed.
A cloudy day or a little sunshine have as great an influence on many constitutions as the most recent blessings or misfortunes.
A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.
A good conscience is to the soul what health is to the body; it preserves constant ease and serenity within us; and more than countervails all the calamities and afflictions which can befall us from without.
A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence, but sets off every great talent which a man can be possessed of.
A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants.
A woman seldom asks advice before she has bought her wedding clothes.
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