“What a pity it is that we have no amusements in England but vice and religion!”
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Have the courage to be ignorant of a great number of things, in order to avoid the calamity of being ignorant of everything.
Marriage resembles a pair of shears, so joined that they cannot be separated often moving in opposite directions, yet always punishing anyone who comes between them.
A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage. Every day sends to their graves obscure men whose timidity prevented them from making a first effort.
Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness of existence.