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Remember as long as you live that nothing but strict truth can carry you...

The world is a country which nobody ever yet knew by description one must...

Know the true value of time snatch seize and enjoy every moment of it. No...

In matters of religion and matrimony I never give any advice because I will...

The only solid and lasting peace between a man and his wife is doubtless a...

Good breeding is the result of good sense some good nature and a little...

Men as well as women are much oftener led by their hearts than by their...

Wear your learning like your watch in a private pocket and do not pull it...

Never seem more learned than the people you are with. Wear your learning like...

Never seem wiser nor more learned than the people you are with. Wear your...

Knowledge of the world in only to be acquired in the world and not in a...

Learning is acquired by reading books but the much more necessary learning...

Knowledge may give weight but accomplishments give luster and many more...

To have frequent recourse to narrative betrays great want of imagination.

Good humor is the health of the soul sadness is its poison.

A weak mind is like a microscope which magnifies trifling things but cannot...

Regularity in the hours of rising and retiring perseverance in exercise...

Wit is so shining a quality that everybody admires it most people aim at it...

If you can once engage people's pride love pity ambition on your side you...

I find by experience that the mind and the body are more than married for...

Patience is the most necessary quality for business many a man would rather...

Swift speedy time feathered with flying hours Dissolves the beauty of the...

In seeking wisdom thou art wise in imagining that thou hast attained it -...

The heart never grows better by age I fear rather worse always harder. A...