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A man’s life may stagnate as literally as water may stagnate, and just as motion and dirction are the remedy for one, so purpose and activity are the remedy for the other. – John Burroughs

Human affairs inspire in noble hearts only two feelings – admiration or pity. – Anatole France

Laws should be like clothes. They should be made to fit the people they are meant to serve. – Clarence Darrow

Thinking, not growth makes manhood. Accustom yourself, therefore, to thinking. Set yourself to understand whatever you see or read. To join thinking with reading is one of the first maxims, and one of the easiest operations. – Isaac Taylor

There are five types of men who fail in life; the machine, the miser, the hermit, the snob, and the brute. – Walter Wilber Gruber

It is a maxim received in life that, in general, we can determine more wisely for others than for ourselves. The reason of it is so clear in argument that it hardly wants the confirmation of experience. – Junius

When possible make the decisions now, even if action is in the future. A reviewed decision usually is better than one reached at the last moment. – William B. Given, Jr.

The man who works for the gold in the job rather than for the money in the pay envelope, is the fellow who gets on. – Joseph French Johnson