It is one thing to mortify curiosity, another to conquer it.

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I kept always two books in my pocket, one to read, one to write in.

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We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend.

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A friend is a gift you give yourself.

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The saints are the sinners who keep on trying.

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Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own private pace, like a clock during a thunderstorm.

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If I am the chief of sinners, I am the chief of sufferers also.

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There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy. By being happy we sow anonymous benefits upon the world.

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The cruelest lies are often told in silence.

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You think those dogs will not be in heaven! I tell you they will be there long before any of us.

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