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People of genius do not excel in any profession because they work in it, they work in it because they excel.
A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles.
Grace in women has more effect than beauty.
The seat of knowledge is in the head of wisdom, in the heart. We are sure to judge wrong, if we do not feel right.
To think ill of mankind and not wish ill to them, is perhaps the highest wisdom and virtue.
Those who are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.
An honest man speaks the truth, though it may give offence a vain man, in order that it may.
There are few things in which we deceive ourselves more than in the esteem we profess to entertain for our firends. It is little better than a piece of quackery. The truth is, we think of them as we please, that is, as they please or displease us.
Even in the common affairs of life, in love, friendship, and marriage, how little security have we when we trust our happiness in the hands of others!
It is not fit that every man should travel it makes a wise man better, and a fool worse.