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Were wisdom to be sold, she would give no price; every man is satisfied with the share he has from nature.
Treasury of Thought (1881)
Nothing more excites to everything noble and generous, than virtuous love.
Treasury of Thought (1881)
A man does but faintly relish that felicity which costs him nothing; happy they whom pain leads to pleasure.
Treasury of Thought (1881)
The comparison of love to fire holds good in one respect, that the fiercer it burns the sooner it is extinguished.
Treasury of Thought (1881)
Every man, however little, makes a figure in his own eyes.
Treasury of Thought (1881)
True praise is frequently the lot of the humble; false praise is always confined to the great.
Treasury of Thought (1881)
Many shining actions owe their success to chance though the general or statesman runs away with the applause.
Treasury of Thought (1881)
Men are guided less by conscience than by glory; and yet the shortest way to glory is to be guided by conscience.
Treasury of Thought (1881)
If you should escape the censure of others, hope not to escape your own.
Treasury of Thought (1881)
Who hath not courage to revenge will never find generosity to forgive.
Treasury of Thought (1881)
Such is the power of imagination, that even a chimerical pleasure in expectation affects us more than a solid pleasure in possession.
Treasury of Thought (1881)
The most unhappy of all men is he who believes himself to be so.
Treasury of Thought (1881)
A great mind will neither give an affront nor bear it.
Treasury of Thought (1881)
Ingratitude is of all crimes what in ourselves we account the most venial, in others the most unpardonable.
Treasury of Thought (1881)
Great wants proceed from great wealth; but they are undutiful children, for they sink wealth down to poverty.
Treasury of Thought (1881)
Luxury possibly may contribute to give bread to the poor; but if there were no luxury, there would be no poor.
Treasury of Thought (1881)
The difficulty is not so great to die for a friend as to find a friend worth dying for.
Treasury of Thought (1881)
When interest is at variance with conscience, any distinction to make them friends will serve the hollow-hearted.
Treasury of Thought (1881)
Whoever appears to have much cunning has in reality very little; being deficient in the essential article, which is, to hide cunning.
Treasury of Thought (1881)
Light is no less favorable to merit than unfavorable to imposture.
Treasury of Thought (1881)