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Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils.
Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils.
I have been in love, and in debt, and in drink, this many and many a year.
I have been in love, and in debt, and in drink, this many and many a year.
Memory depends very much on the perspicuity, regularity, and order of our thoughts. Many complain of the want of memory, read more
Memory depends very much on the perspicuity, regularity, and order of our thoughts. Many complain of the want of memory, when the defect is in the judgment; and others, by grasping at all, retain nothing.
The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we hold of ourselves with the appalling things that read more
The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we hold of ourselves with the appalling things that other people think about us.
The way I see things, the way I see life, I see it as a struggle. And there's a great read more
The way I see things, the way I see life, I see it as a struggle. And there's a great deal of reward I have gained coming to that understanding -- that existence is a struggle.
If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will be content to begin read more
If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.
I feel bad that I don't feel worse.
I feel bad that I don't feel worse.
By the street of by-and-by, one arrives at the house of never.
By the street of by-and-by, one arrives at the house of never.
So long as you have food in your mouth, you have solved all questions for the time being.rn
So long as you have food in your mouth, you have solved all questions for the time being.rn