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Let us never adopt the maxim, Rather lose our friend than our jest.

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Satiety is a neighbor to continued pleasures.
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We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.
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Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.
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Though ambition in itself is a vice, yet it is often the parent of virtues.
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Men of quality are in the wrong to undervalue, as they often do, the practise of a fair and quick hand in writing; for it is no immaterial accomplishment.
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Sayings designed to raise a laugh are generally untrue and never complimentary. Laughter is never far removed from derision.
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A religion without mystics is a philosophy.
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We must form our minds by reading deep rather than wide.
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Virtue, though she gets her beginning from nature, yet receives her finishing touches from learning.
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In a crowd, on a journey, at a banquet even, a line of thought can itself provide its own seclusion.
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Our minds are like our stomaches; they are whetted by the change of their food, and variety supplies both with fresh appetite.
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A liar should have a good memory.
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To swear, except when necessary, is becoming to an honorable man.
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When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.
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Study depends on the goodwill of the student, a quality that cannot be secured by compulsion.
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