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And hope is but a dream of those that wake.

Who breathes must suffer, and who thinks must mourn; And he alone is bless'd who ne'er was born.

Cured yesterday of my disease, I died last night of my physician.

They talk most who have least to say.

Be to their virtue very kind; be to their faults a little blind.

For, when with beauty we can virtue join, We paint the semblance of a form divine.

Be to her virtues very kind,
Be to her faults a little blind.

The ends must justify the means.

Who walks the fastest, but walks astray, is only furthest from his way.

It takes two to quarrel, but only one to end it.

They never taste who always drink: They always talk, who never think.

The end must justify the means.

Hope is but the dream of those who wake.

And 'tis remarkable that they talk most who have the least to say.