Every woman should marry, and no man.
~ in Lothair
The secret of success is constancy to purpose.
Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.
When men are pure, laws are useless; when men are corrupt, laws are broken.
Never complain and never explain.
There are three kinds of lies; lies, damned lies, and statistics.
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The book must of necessity be put into a bookcase. And the bookcase must be housed. And the house must be kept. And the library must be dusted, must be arranged, must be catalogued. What a vista of toil, yet not unhappy toil!
The disease of an evil conscience is beyond the practice of all the physicians of all countries in the world.
No more cunning plot was ever devised against the intelligence, the freedom, the happiness, and the virtue of mankind, than Catholicism.
“What shall I do with my books?” was the question; and the answer “Read them” sobered the questioner.
But if you cannot read them, at any rate handle them and, as it were, fondle them. Peer into them. Let them fall open where they will. Read on from the very first sentence that arrests the eye. Then turn to another. Make a voyage of discovery, taking soundings of uncharted seas. . . . Arrange them on your own plan, so that if you do not know what is in them, you at least know where they are. If they cannot be your friends, let them at any rate be your acquaintances. If they cannot enter the circle of your life, do not deny them at least a nod of recognition. Read more
