There are some sluggish men who are improved by drinking; as there are fruits that are not good until they are rotten.
From Samuel Johnson
He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage.
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.
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.
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.
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