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No woman ever falls in love with a man unless she has a better opinion of him than he deserves.
The average man's judgment is so poor, he runs a risk every time he uses it.
The feeling of sleepiness when you are not in bed, and can't get there, is the meanest feeling in the world.
For every quarrel a man and wife have before others, they have a hundred when alone.
When men are not regretting that life is so short, they are doing something to kill time.
No man would listen to you talk if he didn't know it was his turn next.
Americans detest all lies except lies spoken in public or printed lies.
If your faith is opposed to experience, to human learning and investigation, it is not worth the breath used in giving it expression.
There is nothing so well known as that we should not expect something for nothing - but we all do and call it Hope.
Virtue must be valuable, if men and women of all degrees pretend to have it.
The modest person is usually admired, if people ever hear of them.
The sounder your argument, the more satisfaction you get out of it.
What people say behind your back is your standing in the community.