Perseverance is more prevailing than violence, and many things which cannot be overcome when they are together yield themselves up when taken little by little.

The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.

A man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work and done his best, but what he has said or done otherwise shall give him no peace.

People often become actresses because of something they dislike about themselves: They pretend they are someone else.

One Ad is worth more to a paper than forty Editorials.

To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.

Though bachelors be the strongest stakes married men are the best binders in the hedge of the commonwealth.

There never was any heart truly great and generous that was not also tender and compassionate.

To my mind the old masters are not art, their value is in their scarcity.

I have a great deal of company in the house, especially in the morning when nobody calls.

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