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Change is not made without inconvenience.
My dear friend, clear your mind of can't.
Inquiries into the heart are not for man.
Towering is the confidence of twenty-one.
Who drives fat oxen should himself be fat.
Unconstraint is the grace of conversation.
Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.
And panting Time toil'd after him in vain.
Learn that the present hour alone is man's.
Leave to Heaven the measure and the choice.
It is better to suffer wrong than to do it.
He endearing elegance of female friendship.
Sir, there is no end of negative criticism.
Fears of the brave and follies of the wise.
It is better to live rich than to die rich.
Admiration begins where acquaintance ceases
True enjoyments also keep people from vice.
I will be conquered; I will not capitulate.
Fear naturally quickens the flight of guilt.
Studious to please, yet not ashamed to fail.
The first step to greatness is to be honest.
The worst evils are those that never arrive.
The hopes of zeal are not wholly groundless.
Women have two weapons - cosmetics and tears
Tediousness is the most fatal of all faults.
For patience, sov'reign o'er transmuted ill.
Employment and hardships prevent melancholy.
A man's mind grows narrow in a narrow place.
None are happy but by anticipation of change.
Ignorance, when it is voluntary, is criminal.
At seventy-seven it is time to be in earnest.
In all pleasures hope is a considerable part.
For gold the hireling judge distorts the laws.
You can never be wise unless you love reading.
Luncheon: as much food as one's hand can hold.
Nothing can be truly great which is not right.
No man sympathizes with the sorrows of vanity.
Hypocrisy is the necessary burden of villainy.
This merriment of parsons is mighty offensive.
Worth seeing, yes; but not worth going to see.
Nobody can be taught faster than he can learn.
Worth seeing? Yes; but not worth going to see.
Men become friends by a community of pleasures.
Actions are visible, though motives are secret.
It is commonly a weak man who marries for love.
Whatever enlarges hope will also exalt courage.
Faults and defects every work of man must have.
The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
A tavern chair is the throne of human felicity.
The true art of memory is the art of attention.