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Public opinion is a second conscience.

Proverbs are mental gems gathered in the diamond fields of the mind.

A crowd always thinks with its sympathy, never with its reason.

The line of life is a ragged diagonal between duty and desire.

He who has no wish to be happier is the happiest of men.

Even pearls are dark before the whiteness of his teeth.

Words of love, are works of love.

What is the highest secret to victory and peace? To will what God wills, and strike a league with destiny.

False eloquence is exaggeration; true eloquence is emphasis.

After every storm the sun will smile; for every problem there is a solution, and the soul's indefeasible duty is to be of good cheer.

Men often make up in wrath what they want in reason.