“I chose my wife, as she did her wedding gown, for qualities that would wear well.”
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Conscience is a coward, and those faults it has not strength enough to prevent it seldom has justice enough to accuse.
A great source of calamity lies in regret and anticipation therefore a person is wise who thinks of the present alone, regardless of the past or future.
Romance and novel paint beauty in colors more charming than nature, and describe a happiness that humans never taste. How deceptive and destructive are those pictures of consummate bliss!
As writers become more numerous, it is natural for readers to become more indolent whence must necessarily arise a desire of attaining knowledge with the greatest possible ease.
