Honest good humor is the oil and wine of a merry meeting, and there is no jovial companionship equal to that where the jokes are rather small and laughter abundant.

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Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart.

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Small minds are subdued by misfortunes, greater minds overcome them.

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He who would greatly deserve must greatly dare.

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Believe me, the man who earns his bread by the sweat of his brow, eats oftener a sweeter morsel, however coarse, than he who procures it by the labor of his brains.

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The easiest thing to do, whenever you fail, is to put yourself down by blaming your lack of ability for your misfortunes.

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The idol of today pushes the hero of yesterday out of our recollection; and will, in turn, be supplanted by his successor of tomorrow.

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There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power.

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Marriage is the torment of one, the felicity of two, the strife and enmity of three.

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Villainy wears many masks; none so dangerous as the mask of virtue.

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