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The memory of past troubles is pleasant.

There is no more sure tie between friends than when they are united in their objects and wishes.

There is no more sure tie between friends than when they are united in their objects and wishes.

That which leads us to the performance of duty by offering pleasure as its reward, is not virtue, but a deceptive copy and imitation of virtue.

Honor is the reward of virtue.

Fewer possess virtue, than those who wish us to believe that they possess it.

The more virtuous any man is, the less easily does he suspect others to be vicious.

It is the stain and disgrace of the age to envy virtue, and to be anxious to crush the very flower of dignity.

In the approach to virtue there are many steps.

Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and moderation and reason.

Not to be avaricious is money; not to be fond of buying is a revenue; but to be content with our own is the greatest and most certain wealth of all.

I am absolutely convinced that no wealth in the world can help humanity forward, even in the hands of the most devoted worker. The example of great and pure individuals is the only thing that can lead us to noble thoughts and deeds. Money only appeals to selfishness and irresistibly invites abuse. Can anyone imagine M anyone imagine Moses, Jesus or Gandhi armed with the money-bags of Carnegie?

Mental stains can not be removed by time, nor washed away by any waters.

There is wickedness in the intention of wickedness, even though it be not perpetrated in the act.

Unraveling the web of Penelope.

As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him, so I am no less pleased with an old man that has something of the youth. He that follows this rule may be old in body, but can never be so in mind.

The chief recommendation is modesty, then dutiful conduct toward parents, then affection for kindred.