. English poet essayist moralist literary critic biographer editor and lexicographer
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Money and time are the heaviest burdens of life, and... the unhappiest of all mortals are those who have more of either than they know how to use. Go to Quote / Comment
Everything that enlarges the sphere of human powers, that shows man he can do what he thought he could not do, is valuable. Go to Quote / Comment
So far is it from being true that men are naturally equal, that no two people can be half an hour together, but one shall acquire an evident superiority over the other. Go to Quote / Comment
When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully. Go to Quote / Comment
The world is like a grand staircase, some are going up and some are going down. Go to Quote / Comment