“Only actions give life strength only moderation gives it charm.”
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Strong characters are brought out by change of situation, and gentle ones by permanence.
Like a morning dream, life becomes more and more bright the longer we live, and the reason of everything appears more clear. What has puzzled us before seems less mysterious, and the crooked paths look straighter as we approach the end.
The words that a father speaks to his children in the privacy of home are not heard by the world, but, as in whispering galleries, they are clearly heard at the end, and by posterity.
Every man regards his own life as the New Year's Eve of time.
