Every man wishes to be wise, and they who cannot be wise are almost always cunning.

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There can be no friendship without confidence, and no confidence without integrity.

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A man who exposes himself when he is intoxicated, has not the art of getting drunk.

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Adversity leads us to think properly of our state, and so is most beneficial to us.

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The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.

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He that will enjoy the brightness of sunshine, must quit the coolness of the shade.

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Wine gives a man nothing... it only puts in motion what had been locked up in frost.

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Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.

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Of all the griefs that harass the distrest, Sure the most bitter is a scornful jest.

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The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.

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