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The mere brute pleasure of reading - the sort of pleasure a cow must have in grazing.

Dispatch is the soul of business.

To have frequent recourse to narrative betrays great want of imagination.

I assisted at the birth of that most significant word "flirtation," which dropped from the most beautiful mouth in the world.

When a person is in fashion, all they do is right.

Any affectation whatsoever in dress implies, in my mind, a flaw in the understanding.

In those days he was wiser than he is now - he used frequently to take my advice.

Remember, as long as you live, that nothing but strict truth can carry you through the world, with either your conscience or your honor unwounded.

Hear one side and you will be in the dark. Hear both and all will be clear.

The more one works, the more willing one is to work.

Swift speedy time, feathered with flying hours, Dissolves the beauty of the fairest brow.