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" The happiest part of a man's life is what he passes lying awake in bed in the morning. "

" Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion, and he whose real wants are supplied must admit those of fancy. "

" There is nothing, Sir, too little for so little a creature as man. It is by studying little things that we attain the great art of having as little misery and as much happiness as possible. "

" The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope. "

" A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner. "

" Subordination tends greatly to human happiness. Were we all upon an equality, we should have no other enjoyment than mere animal pleasure. "

" Agriculture not only gives riches to a nation, but the only riches she can call her own. "

" Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome. "

" You find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford. "

" It is better to live rich than to die rich. "

" You cannot spend money in luxury without doing good to the poor. Nay, you do more good to them by spending it in luxury, than by giving it; for by spending it in luxury, you make them exert industry, whereas by giving it, you keep them idle. "

" Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o'clock is a scoundrel. "

" You teach your daughters the diameters of the planets and wonder when you are done that they do not delight in your company. "

" Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those who we cannot resemble. "

" Treating your adversary with respect is striking soft in battle. "

" The future is purchased by the present. "

" Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess. "

" He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything. "

" The advice that is wanted is commonly not welcome and that which is not wanted, evidently an effrontery. "

" What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence. "

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" Man alone is born crying, lives complaining, and dies disappointed. "

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" Revenge is an act of passion; vengeance of justice. Injuries are revenged; crimes are avenged. "

" I look upon every day to be lost, in which I do not make a new acquaintance. "

" There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money. "

" My dear friend, clear your mind of cant. "