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Iron rusts from disuse; stagnant water loses its purity and in cold weather becomes frozen; even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind.

He does not live in vain, who employs his wealth, his thought, his speech to advance the good of others.

ENVELOPE, n. The coffin of a document; the scabbard of a bill; the husk of a remittance; the bed-gown of a love-letter.

Be contented when you have got all you want.

If you are alive, there is a purpose for life.

People are usually more firmly convinced that their opinions are precious that that they are true.

I would rather discover one scientific fact than become King of Persia.

If a child shows himself to be incorrigible, he should be decently and quietly beheaded at the age of twelve, lest he grow to maturity marry, and perpetuate his kind.

When you see a person who has been given more than you in money and beauty, look to those, who have been given less.

Supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

A book is a mirror; if an ass peers into it, you can not expect an apostle to peer out.

Our cause is noble; it is the cause of mankind!

Devotees of grammatical studies have not been distinguished for any very remarkable felicities of expression.

Pain nourishes courage. You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you.

And isn't that, at it's core, what the princess fantasy is about for all of us? "Princess" is how we tell little girls that they are special, precious. "Princess" is the wish that we could protect them from pain, that they would never know sorrow, that they will live happily ever after ensconces in lace and innocence.

All flesh is grass.

Under every stone lurks a politician.

Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves.

Ocean: A body of water occupying 2/3 of a world made for man...who has no gills.

Such laboured' nothings in so strange a style
amaze the un-learned and make the learned smile.