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There is not so variable a thing in nature as a lady's head-dress.

There is not a more unhappy being than a superannuated idol.

Their is no defense against criticism except obscurity.

The woman that deliberates is lost.

The utmost extent of man's knowledge, is to know that he knows nothing.

The unjustifiable severity of a parent is loaded with this aggravation, that those whom he injures are always in his sight.

Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.

The unassuming youth seeking instruction with humility gains good fortune.

Suspicion is not less an enemy to virtue than to happiness; he that is already corrupt is naturally suspicious, and he that becomes suspicious will quickly be corrupt.

The post of honour is a private station.

The most violent appetites in all creatures are lust and hunger; the first is a perpetual call upon them to propagate their kind, the latter to preserve themselves.

The Mind that lies fallow but a single Day, sprouts up in Follies that are only to be killed by a constant and assiduous Culture.

The important question is not, what will yield to man a few scattered pleasures, but what will render his life happy on the whole amount.

The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover.

The fear of death often proves mortal, and sets people on methods to save their Lives, which infallibly destroy them.