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A wise son maketh a glad father. Marriage is neither heaven nor hell; it is simply purgatory. The best way to save face is keep the bottom half shut. Any truth creates a scandal. Delaware: a state that has three counties when the tide is out, and two when it is in. Man proposes; God disposes. When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; When health is lost, something is lost; When character is lost, all is lost! Pillars are fallen at thy feet Fanes quiver in the air A prostrate city is thy seat And thou alone art there. Let us savour the swift delights of the most beautiful of our days! The past is the best way to suppose what may come. Popularity is a crime from the moment it is sought; it is only a virtue where men have it whether they will or not. Worry is the sin we're not afraid to commit. Philosophy ... should not pretend to increase our present stock, but make us economists of what we are possessed of. Let how you live your life stand for something, no matter how small and incidental it may seem. If you wish to reach the highest, begin at the lowest. I shall never ask, never refuse, nor ever resign an office. Darkness is strong, and so is Sin, But surely God endures forever! Living at risk is jumping off the cliff and building your wings on the way down. Human reason is like a drunken man on horseback; set it up on one side, and it tumbles over on the other. All men that are ruined are ruined on the side of their natural propensities.
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