There is no odor so bad as that which arises from goodness tainted.
From Henry David Thoreau
As for doing good; that is one of the professions which is full. Moreover I have tried it fairly and, strange as it may seem, am satisfied that it does not agree with my constitution.
Faith keeps many doubts in her pay. If I could not doubt, I should not believe.
There is no rule more invariable than that we are paid for our suspicions by finding what we suspect.
It is the greatest of all advantages to enjoy no advantage at all.
'Tis healthy to be sick sometimes.
Those whom we can love, we can hate; to others we are indifferent.
It is what a man thinks of himself that really determines his fate.
If you can speak what you will never hear, if you can write what you will never read, you have done rare things.
It is best to avoid the beginnings of evil.
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