Where words are restrained, the eyes often talk a great deal.

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People who act like angels ought to have angels to deal with.

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Every scholar, I presume, is not, necessarily, a man of sense.

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Tutors who make youth learned do not always make them virtuous.

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The life of a good man is a continual warfare with his passions.

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What likelihood is there of corrupting a man who has no ambition?

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The pleasures of the mighty are obtained by the tears of the poor.

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What we want to tell, we wish our friend to have curiosity to hear.

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A Stander-by is often a better judge of the game than those that play.

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A widow's refusal of a lover is seldom so explicit as to exclude hope.

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