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There is no king who has not had a slave among his ancestors, and no slave who has not had a king among his.

Science may have found a cure for most evils; but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all - the apathy of human beings.

Life is an exciting business, and most exciting when it is lived for others.

To keep your secret is wisdom; but to expect others to keep it is folly.

Leisure and curiosity might soon make great advances in useful knowledge, were they not diverted by minute emulation and laborious trifles.

Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity.

Nothing is more hopeless than a scheme of merriment.

To love one that is great, is almost to be great one's self.

My dear friend, clear your mind of can't.

Let me smile with the wise, and feed with the rich.