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Speech is the golden harvest that followeth the flowering of thought.

A letter, timely writ, is a rivet to the chain of affection;
And a letter, untimely delayed, is as rust to the solder.

In a dream thou mayst live a lifetime, and all be forgotten in the morning: Even such is life, and so soon perisheth its memory.

Age hath its quiet calm, and youth enjoyeth not for haste.

Search out the wisdom of nature, there is depth in all her doings; she seemeth prodigal of power, yet her rules are the maxims of frugality.

Love looketh from the eye, and kindleth love by looking.

To despond is to lie ungrateful beforehand. Be not looking for evil. Often thou drainest the gall of fear while evil is passing by thy dwelling.

How beautiful is modesty! It winneth upon all beholders; but a word or a glance may destroy the pure love that should have been for thee.

Nature is the chart of God, mapping out all His attributes.

Spurn not a seeming error, but dig below its surface for the truth.

The pen has shaken nations.

Not few nor light are the burdens of life; then load it not with heaviness of spirit.

Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.

The most wretched have yet hope.

Who shall guess what I may be?Who can tell my fortune to me?For, bravest and brightest that ever was sungMay be - and shall be - the lot of the young!

Hope and be happy that all's for the best!

Well timed silence has more eloquence than speech.

Mind is a kingdom to the man who gathereth his pleasure from ideas.

Humility mainly becometh the converse of man with his Maker.

Blunted unto goodness is the heart which anger never stirreth, but that which hatred swelleth, is keen to carve out evil.

Thought paceth like a hoary sage, but imagination hath wings as an eagle.

Our cares are all To-day, our joys are all To-day;
And in one little word, our life, what is it but
To-day?

Love, a brilliant fire, to gladden or consume.

A man looketh on his little one as a being of better hope; in himself ambition is dead, but it bath a resurrection in his son.

The mines of knowledge are often laid bare by the hazel-wand of chance.

Pain adds rest unto pleasure, and teaches the luxury of health.

Men scanning the surface count the wicked happy; they see not the frightful dreams that crowd a bad man's pillow.

Let the misanthrope shun men and abjure; the most are rather lovable than hateful.

If thou wilt think evil of thy neighbour, soon shalt thou have him for thy foe.

Life is as the current spark on the miner's wheel of flints; While it spinneth, there is light; stop it, all is darkness.

Yet is beauty the pleasing trickery that cheateth half the world.

I have sped by land and sea, and mingled with much people, but never yet could find a spot unsunned by human kindness.

Economy, the poor man's mint.

Hate furroweth the brow; and a man may frown till he hateth.

Lay not the plummet to the line; religion hath no landmarks; no human keenness can discern the subtle shades of faith.

Speech is reason's brother, and a kingly prerogative of man.

Naples sitteth by the sea, keystone of an arch of azure.

A man too careful of danger liveth in continual torment, But a cheerful expecter of the best hath a fountain of joy within him.

God, from a beautiful necessity, is Love.

Ridicule is a weak weapon when pointed at a strong mind; but common people are cowards and dread an empty laugh.

It is sure to be dark if you shut your eyes.

When thou choosest a wife, think not only of thyself, but of those God may give thee of her, that they reproach thee not for their being.

O Death, what are thou? nurse of dreamless slumbers freshening the fevered flesh to a wakefulness eternal.

Take the good with the evil, for ye all are pensioners of God, and none may choose or refuse the cup His wisdom mixeth.

Hatred is the atmosphere of hell.

One single glance will conquer all descriptions.

Better is the wrong with sincerity, rather than the right with falsehood.

If thou art master to thyself, circumstances shall harm thee little.

Wealth hath never given happiness, but often hastened misery.

An artful or false woman shall set thy pillow with thorns.

It is well to lie fallow for a while.

The seeds of first instructions are dropp'd into the deepest furrows.

Anger is a noble infirmity; the generous failing of the just; the one degree that riseth above zeal, asserting the prerogative of virtue.

True wisdom, laboring to expound, heareth others readily;
False wisdom, sturdy to deny, closeth up her mind to argument.

Prayer is the slender nerve that moves the muscle of omnipotence.

Love with life is heaven; and life, unloving, hell.

As thou directest the power, harm or advantage will follow, and the torrent that swept the valley may be led to turn a mill.

Wealth oft-times killeth, where want but hindered the budding.

A wise man heedeth all things, and in his own eyes is a fool.

Who can wrestle against Sleep? - Yet is that giant very gentleness.

Error is a hardy plant; it flourishes in every soil.

Every green herb, from the lotus to the darnel, is rich with delicate aids to help incurious man.

Labour is good for a man, bracing up his energies to conquest, And without it life is dull, the man perceiving himself useless.

Law hath dominion over all things, over universal mind and matter; For there are reciprocities of rights, which no creature can gainsay.

Humility is the softening shadow before the stature of Excellence, And lieth lowly on the ground, beloved and lovely as the violet.

A juggler's skill hath been long years alearning.

He who does not tire, tires adversity.

He who commits a wrong will himself inevitably see the writing on the wall, though the world may not count him guilty.

Invention is activity of mind, as fire is air in motion; a sharpening of the spiritual sight, to discern hidden aptitudes.

Clamorous pauperism feastest
While honest Labor, pining, hideth his sharp ribs.

Travel is a ceaseless fount of surface education,
But its wisdom will be simply superficial, if thou add not thoughts to things.

A spark is a little thing, yet it may kindle the world.

Extravagance is the rich man's pitfall.

Memory is not wisdom; idiots can by rote repeat volumes. Yet what is wisdom without memory?

Trifles lighter than straws are levers in the building up of character.

A good book is the best of friends, the same today and for ever.

Reason refuseth its homage to a God who can be fully understood.

Lies can destroy, but not create.

It is the cringer to his equal that is chiefly seen bold to his God.

Policy counselleth a gift, given wisely and in season;
And policy afterwards approveth it, for great is the influence of gifts.

Power is seldom innocent, and envy is the yokefellow of eminence.

Deceit and treachery skulk with hatred, but an honest spirit flieth with anger.

Deep is the sea, and deep is hell, but pride mineth deeper; it is coiled as a poisonous worm about the foundations of the soul.

Many a beggar at the crossway, or gray-haired shepherd on the plain, hath more of the end of all wealth than hundreds who multiply the means.

A babe in a house is a well-spring of pleasure.

Rashly, nor ofttimes truly, doth man pass judgment on his brother; for he seeth not the springs of the heart, nor heareth the reasons of the mind.