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Accuracy of statement is one of the first elements of truth; inaccurac...  
Age does not depend upon years, but upon temperament and health. Some ...  
Any act often repeated soon forms a habit; and habit allowed, steady g...  
Between two evils, choose neither; between two goods, choose both.  
Compromise is but the sacrifice of one right or good in the hope of re...  
Credulity is belief in slight evidence, with no evidence, or against e...  
Facts are God's arguments; we should be careful never to misunderstand...  
Happiness is like manna; it is to be gathered in grains, and enjoyed e...  
He that never changes his opinion never corrects mistakes and will nev...  
He that never changes his opinions, never corrects his mistakes, will ...  
High aims form high characters, and great objects bring out great mind...  
Most of our censure of others is only oblique praise of self, uttered ...  
Mystery is but another name for ignorance; if we were omniscient, all ...  
People never improve unless they look to some standard or example high...  
Right actions in the future are the best apologies for bad actions in ...  
Science has sometimes been said to be opposed to faith, and inconsiste...  
Sinful and forbidden pleasures are like poisoned bread; they may satis...  
Some men are born old, and some men never seem so. If we keep well and...  
The great end of education is to discipline rather than to furnish the...  
Thoughts lead on to purposes; purposes go forth in action; actions for...  
To rejoice in another's prosperity is to give content to your lot; to ...  
To rule one's anger is well; to prevent it is better.  
To waken interest and kindle enthusiasm is the sure way to teach easil...  
We should be as careful of the books we read, as of the company we kee...  
We weep over the graves of infants and the little ones taken from us b...  
What we gave, we have; What we spent, we had; What we left, we lost.