An English man does not travel to see English men.
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But this is neither here nor there why do I mention it? Ask my pen, it governs me, I govern not it.
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Courtship consists in a number of quiet attentions, not so pointed as to alarm, nor so vague as not to be understood.
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For every ten jokes, thou hast got a hundred enemies.
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God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
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I once asked a hermit in Italy how he could venture to live alone, in a single cottage, on the top of a mountain, a mile from any habitation? He replied, that Providence was his next-door neighbor.
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I take a simple view of life. It is keep your eyes open and get on with it.
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In all unmerciful actions, the worst of men pay this compliment at least to humanity, as to endeavour to wear as much of the appearance of it, as the case will well let them.
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It is a great pity but tis certain from every day's observation of man, that he may be set on fire like a candle, at either end provided there is a sufficient wick standing out.
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Keyholes are the occasions of more sin and wickedness, than all other holes in this world put together.
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Lessons of wisdom have the most power over us when they capture the heart through the groundwork of a story, which engages the passions.
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Men tire themselves in the pursuit of sleep.
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Nothing is so perfectly amusing as a total change of ideas.
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Of all the cants which are canted in this canting world, - though the cant of hypocrites may be the worst, - the cant of criticism is the most tormenting!
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Only the brave know how to forgive... a coward never forgave; it is not in his nature.
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Our passion and principals are constantly in a frenzy, but begin to shift and waver, as we return to reason.
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People who are always taking care of their health are like misers, who are hoarding a treasure which they have never spirit enough to enjoy.
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Religion which lays so many restraints upon us, is a troublesome companion to those who will lay no restraints upon themselves.
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Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners.
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So much of motion, is so much of life, and so much of joy, and to stand still, or get on but slowly, is death and the devil.
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The desire of knowledge, like the thirst of riches, increases ever with the acquisition of it.
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There have been no sects in the Christian world, however absurd, which have not endeavoured to support their opinions by arguments drawn from Scripture.
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Titles of honor are like the impressions on coins, which add no value to gold or silver, but only render brass current.
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When a man is discontented with himself, it has one advantage - that it puts him into an excellent frame of mind for making a bargain.
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When the heart flies out before the understanding, it saves the judgment a world of pains.
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