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"He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage."

"To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition, the end to which every enterprise and labor tends, and of which every desire prompts the prosecution."

"The happiest part of a man's life is what he passes lying awake in bed in the morning."

"Every man who attacks my belief, diminishes in some degree my confidence in it, and therefore makes me uneasy; and I am angry with him who makes me uneasy."

"Nobody can write the life of a man but those who have eat and drunk and lived in social intercourse with him."

"Books that you carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are most useful after all."

"Sir, you have but two topics, yourself and me. I am sick of both."

"Surely a long life must be somewhat tedious, since we are forced to call in so many trifling things to help rid us of our time, which will never return."

"Every other enjoyment malice may destroy; every other panegyric envy may withhold; but no human power can deprive the boaster of his own encomiums."

"This merriment of parsons is mighty offensive."

"Prepare for death, if here at night you roam, and sign your will before you sup from home."

"The wretched have no compassion, they can do good only from strong principles of duty."

"Hunger is never delicate; they who are seldom gorged to the full with praise may be safely fed with gross compliments, for the appetite must be satisfied before it is disgusted."

"Those who attain to any excellence commonly spend life in some single pursuit, for excellence is not often gained upon easier terms."

"You teach your daughters the diameters of the planets and wonder when you are done that they do not delight in your company."

"I will be conquered; I will not capitulate."

"It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time."

"Small debts are like small gun shot; they are rattling around us on all sides and one can scarcely escape being wounded. Large debts are like canons, they produce a loud noise, but are of little danger."

"I have always considered it as treason against the great republic of human nature, to make any man's virtues the means of deceiving him."

"Life is a progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment."

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