A man may by custom fortify himself against pain, shame, and suchlike accidents; but as to death, we can experience it but once, and are all apprentices when we come to it
A man may by custom fortify ...
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I care not so much what I am to others as what I am to myself. I will be rich by myself, and not by borrowing.
If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love.
The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.
The most unhappy and frail creatures are men and yet they are the proudest.
It is much more easy to accuse the one sex than to excuse the other.
