“Moderation is the inseparable companion of wisdom, but with it genius has not even a nodding acquaintance.”
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To dare to live alone is the rarest courage since there are many who had rather meet their bitterest enemy in the field, than their own hearts in their closet.
Many speak the truth when they say that they despise riches, but they mean the riches possessed by others.
Doubt is the vestibule through which all must pass before they can enter into the temple of wisdom.
Of present fame think little, and of future less the praises that we receive after we are buried, like the flowers that are strewed over our grave, may be gratifying to the living, but they are nothing to the dead.