~ Blesses his stars, and thinks it luxury. ~  ~ We see the pernicious effects of luxury in the ancient Romans, who immediately found themselves poor as soon as this vice got footing among
them. ~ ~ Hunting is not a proper employment for a thinking man. ~ ~ There is not a more unhappy being than a superannuated idol. ~ ~ Exercise ferments the humors, casts them into their proper channels, throws off redundancies, and helps nature in those secret distributions, without which the body cannot subsist in its vigor, nor the soul act with cheerfulness. ~ ~ To be exempt from the passions with which others are tormented, is the only pleasing solitude ~ ~ I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them fruit for their songs. ~ ~ Tradition is an important help to history, but its statements should be carefully scrutinized before we rely on them. ~ ~ In doing what we ought we deserve no praise, because it is our duty. ~ ~ A cloudy day or a little sunshine have as great an influence on many constitutions as the most recent blessings or misfortunes ~ ~ I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve immortality through not dying. ~ ~ A good conscience is to the soul what health is to the body; it preserves constant ease and serenity within us; and more than countervails all the calamities and afflictions which can befall us from without. ~ ~ To be exempt from the passions with which others are tormented, is the only pleasing solitude. ~ ~ Admiration is a very short-lived passion, that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object. ~ ~ The passion for praise, which is so very vehement in the fair sex, produces excellent effects in women of sense, who desire to be admired for that which only deserves admiration. ~ Most Popular Topics:
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