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I understood that the will could not be improved before the mind had been enlightened.
The first object of my endeavours was the means to become perfect and happy.
Action, looks, words, steps, form the alphabet by which you may spell character.
Conscience is the sentinel of virtue.
Depend on no man, on no friend but him who can depend on himself. He only who acts conscientiously toward himself, will act so toward others.
Don't speak evil of someone if you don't know for certain, and if you do know ask yourself, why am I telling it?
Have you ever seen a pedant with a warm heart?
He submits to be seen through a microscope, who suffers himself to be caught in a fit of passion.
He who seldom speaks, and with one calm well-timed word can strike dumb the loquacious, is a genius or a hero.
He, who cannot forgive a trespass of malice to his enemy, has never yet tasted the most sublime enjoyment of love.
Him, who incessantly laughs in the street, you may commonly hear grumbling in his closet.
I am prejudiced in favor of him who, without impudence, can ask boldly. He has faith in humanity, and faith in himself. No one who is not accustomed to giving grandly can ask nobly and with boldness.
If you see one cold and vehement at the same time, set him down for a fanatic.
If you wish to appear agreeable in society, you must consent to be taught many things which you know already.
Intuition is the clear conception of the whole at once.
Mistrust the person who finds everything good, and the person who finds everything evil, and mistrust even more the person who is indifferent to everything.
Neatness begets order; but from order to taste there is the same difference as from taste to genius, or from love to friendship.
Never say you know a man until you have divided an inheritance with him.
Say not you know another entirely till you have divided an inheritance with him.
The great rule of moral conduct is next to God, respect time.
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