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As great minds have the faculty of saying a great deal in a few words, so lesser minds have a talent of talking much, and saying nothing.
We seldom find any person of good sense, except those who share our opinions.
Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.
Philosophy finds it an easy matter to vanquish past and future evils, but the present are commonly too hard for it.
If we are to judge of love by its consequences, it more nearly resembles hatred than friendship.
A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.
One forgives to the degree that one loves.
Only the contemptible fear contempt.
Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of the consequences.
We come altogether fresh and raw into the several stages of life, and often find ourselves without experience, despite our years.