Books let us into their souls and lay open to us the secrets of our own.
From William Hazlitt
To be happy, we must be true to nature and carry our age along with us.
If I have not read a book before, it is, for all intents and purposes, new to me whether it was printed yesterday or three hundred years ago.
A grave blockhead should always go about with a lively one - they show one another off to the best advantage.
Grace in women has more effect than beauty.
If you think you can win, you can win. Faith is necessary to victory.
Those who can command themselves command others.
We never do anything well till we cease to think about the manner of doing it.
There is a secret pride in every human heart that revolts at tyranny. You may order and drive an individual, but you cannot make him respect you.
Grace is the absence of everything that indicates pain or difficulty, hesitation or incongruity.
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