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Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men but their wisdom is confined to a few particulars, and lies in a very narrow compass.
A woman seldom asks advice before she has bought her wedding clothes.
The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and praise, are good nature, truth, good sense, and good breeding.
A man must be both stupid and uncharitable who believes there is no virtue or truth but on his own side.
I will indulge my sorrows, and give way to all the pangs and fury of despair.
If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius.
Nothing is more gratifying to the mind of man than power or dominion.
Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments but let us have patience and we soon shall see them in their proper figures.
Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes out a fool cannot ride or sail himself into common sense.
There is not so variable a thing in nature as a lady’s head-dress.