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| A learned man is a tank; a wise man is a spring. | 1 |
| Aphorisms are portable wisdom. | 2 |
| Common-sense is the average sensibility and intelligence of men undisturbed by individual peculiarities. | 3 |
| Fate is the friend of the good, the guide of the wise, the tyrant of the foolish, the enemy of the bad. | 4 |
| God hands gifts to some, whispers them to others. | 5 |
| He who has no wish to be happier is the happiest of men. | 6 |
| He who is the master of all opinions never can be the bigot of any. | 7 |
| Heart’s-ease is a flower which blooms from the grave of desire. | 8 |
| Laws are the silent assessors of God. | 9 |
| Love makes obedience lighter than liberty. | 10 |
| Proverbs are mental gems gathered in the diamond-fields of the mind. | 11 |
| Public opinion is a second conscience. | 12 |
| The God of merely traditional believers is the great Absentee of the universe. | 13 |
| The heart must glow before the tongue can gild. | 14 |
| The human heart has a sigh lonelier than the cry of the bittern. | 15 |
| The line of life is a ragged diagonal between duty and desire. | 16 |
| The lower a man descends in his love, the higher he lifts his life. | 17 |
| True statesmanship is the art of changing a nation from what it is into what it ought to be. | 18 |
| We give advice by the bucket, but take it by the grain. | 19 |
| What is the highest secret of victory and peace? To will what God wills, and strike a league with destiny. | 20 |
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| When man seized the loadstone of science, the loadstar of superstition vanished in the clouds. | 21 |
| Words of love are works of love. | 22 |
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