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The philosophy of waiting is sustained by all the oracles of the universe.
Among provocative, the next best thing to good preaching is bad preaching.
The fatal trait of the times is the divorce between religion and morality.
The passive master lent his hand, To the vast Soul which o'er him planned.
A man must keep an eye on his servants, if he would not have them rule him.
Indeed the river is a perpetual gala, and boasts each month a new ornament.
A house is made with walls and beams; a home is built with love and dreams.
A child reminds us that playtime is an essential part of our daily routine.
Marriage is the perfection which love aimed at, ignorant of what it sought.
The clergyman who lives in the city may have piety, but he must have taste.
The foundation of culture, as of character, is at last the moral sentiment.
Sunday is the core of our civilization, dedicated to thought and reverence.
The most tedious of all discourses are on the subject of the Supreme Being.
Get Health. No labor, effort nor exercise that can gain it must be grudged.
Every thought which genius and piety throw into the world alters the world.
With most men, scarce a link of memory holds yesterday and to-day together.
The best effort of a fine person is felt after we have left their presence.
Keep the town for occasions, but the habits should be formed in retirement.
Society always consists in the greatest part, of young and foolish persons.
Nature is methodical, and doeth her work well. Time is never to be hurried.
The last change in our point of view gives the whole world a pictorial air.
Inaction is cowardice, but there can be no scholar without the heroic mind.
Let us take our bloated nothingness out of the path of the divine circuits.
Though I am weak, yet God, when prayed, Cannot withhold his conquering aid.
In youth, we clothe ourselves with rainbows, and go as brave as the zodiac.
Every man who would do anything well, must come to it from a higher ground.
There are only ten minutes in the life of a pear when it is perfect to eat.
Fear is an instructor of great sagacity, and the herald of all revolutions.
Continual failure is a road to success - if you have the strength to go on.
It is very odd that Nature should be so unscrupulous. She is no saint . . .
Yet a man may love a paradox, without losing either his wit or his honesty.
The interminable forests should become graceful parks, for use and delight.
A woman should always challenge our respect, and never move our compassion.
Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great.
No love can be bound by oath or covenant to secure it against a higher love.
When a man does not write his poetry, it escapes by other vents through him.
Things have their laws as well as men, and things refuse to be trifled with.
Philosophically considered, the universe is composed of Nature and the Soul.
We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.
The only sin that we never forgive in each other is a difference in opinion.
Each mind has its own method. A true man never acquires after college rules.
Everything in the universe goes by indirection. There are no straight lines.
If you are wise, you will dread a prosperity which only loads you with more.
There is no strong performance without a little fanaticism in the performer.
Bare lists of words are found suggestive to an imaginative and excited mind.
All loss, all pain, is particular; the universe remains to the heart unhurt.
It is always so pleasant to be generous, though very vexatious to pay debts.
Contemporary American psychiatrist It is a happy talent to know how to play.
Respect the child. Be not too much his parent. Trespass not on his solitude.
There is more difference in the quality of our pleasures than in the amount.