Aphorisms
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Be careless in your dress if you will, but keep a tidy soul.
What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.
I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.
To improve is to change, so to be perfect is to have changed often.
Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.
Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.
The thoughtful soul to solitude retires.
A change in the weather is sufficient to recreate the world and ourselves.
Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.
Laws are spider webs through which the big flies pass and the little ones get caught.
A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.
Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.
Television is chewing gum for the eyes.
For those who are willing to make an effort, great miracles and wonderful treasures are in store.
Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.
The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.
He travels the fastest who travels alone.
If we open a quarrel between past and present, we shall find that we have lost the future.
Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage.
The universe is built on a plan the profound symmetry of which is somehow present in the inner structure of our intellect.