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A wise traveler never despises his own country.
You know more of a road by having traveled it than by all the conjectures and descriptions in the world.
Prosperity is a great teacher adversity a greater.
The world judge of men by their ability in their profession, and we judge of ourselves by the same test: for it is on that on which our success in life depends.
To be capable of steady friendship or lasting love, are the two greatest proofs, not only of goodness of heart, but of strength of mind.
Poetry is the universal language which the heart holds with nature and itself. He who has a contempt for poetry, cannot have much respect for himself, or for anything else.
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.
A hypocrite despises those whom he deceives, but has no respect for himself. He would make a dupe of himself too, if he could.
There is a heroism in crime as well as in virtue. Vice and infamy have their altars and their religion.
The incentive to ambition is the love of power.