FridayJan 02, 2026
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Between good sense and good taste there is the difference between cause and effect.
He is rich whose income is more than his expenses; And he is poor whose expenses exceed his income.
The opposite of what is rumored about men and things is often the truth.
Cunning leads to knavery.- It is but a step from one to the other, and that very slippery.- Only lying makes the difference; add that to cunning, and it is knavery.
Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to us in all the duties of life.
Eloquence is to the sublime what the part is to the whole.
False modesty is the refinement of vanity. It is a lie.
If some men died and others did not, death would indeed be a most mortifying evil.
It is a sad thing when men have neither the wit to speak well, nor judgment to hold their tongues.
It is fortunate to come of distinguished ancestry.- It is not less so to be such that people do not care to inquire whether you are of high descent or not.
Logic is the art of convincing us of some truth.
Avoid law suits beyond all things; they influence your conscience, impair your health, and dissipate your property.
Modesty is to merit, what shade is to figures in a picture; it gives it strength and makes it stand out.
The very impossibility in which I find myself to prove that God is not, discovers to me his existence.
The most amiable people are those who least wound the self-love of others.
Love begins with love.
As long as men are liable to die and are desirous to live, A physician will be made fun of, but he will be well paid.
The greatest part of mankind employ their first years to make their last miserable.
After a spirit of discernment the next rarest things in the world are diamonds and pearls.
Silence is the wit of fools.
A slave has but one master; the ambitious man has as many masters as there are persons whose aid may contribute to the advancement of his fortune.
The pleasure of criticizing takes away from us the pleasure of being moved by some very fine things.
There are few women so perfect that their husbands do not regret having married them at least once a day.
There is no road too long to the man who advances deliberately and without undue haste; there are no honors too distant to the man who prepares himself for them with patience.
There is not in the world so toilsome a trade as the pursuit of fame; life concludes before you have so much As sketched your work.
Two persons cannot long be friends if they cannot forgive each other's little failings.
We hope to grow old, yet we fear old age; that is, we are willing to live, and afraid to die.
We trust our secrets to our friends, But they escape from us in love.
The sweetest of all sounds is that of the voice of the woman we love.
A modest man never talks of himself.
We perceive when love begins and when it declines by our embarrassment when alone together.
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