“Marriage resembles a pair of shears, so joined that they cannot be separated often moving in opposite directions, yet always punishing anyone who comes between them.”
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Manners are like the shadows of virtues, they are the momentary display of those qualities which our fellow creatures love and respect.
Science is his forte, and omniscience his foible.
A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage. Every day sends to their graves obscure men whose timidity prevented them from making a first effort.
Have the courage to be ignorant of a great number of things, in order to avoid the calamity of being ignorant of everything.
