A am a great friend of public amusements, they keep people from vice. — Quoted

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“A am a great friend of public amusements, they keep people from vice.”

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Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.

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Money and time are the heaviest burdens of life, and... the unhappiest of all mortals are those who have more of either than they know how to use.

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Resolve not to be poor: whatever you have, spend less. Poverty is a great enemy to human happiness it certainly destroys liberty, and it makes some virtues impracticable, and others extremely difficult.

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