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All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind.

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He who allows himself to be insulted, deserves to be.

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I beseech you, in the bowels of Christ, think it possible you may be mistaken.

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We must, however, acknowledge as it seems to me, that a man with all his noble qualities...still bears in his bodily frame the indelible stamp of his lowly origin.

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No government can be long secure without formidable opposition.

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In early childhood you may lay the foundation of poverty or riches, industry or idleness, good or evil, by the habits to which you train your children. Teach them right habits then, and their future life is safe.

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Happy the man, and happy he alone,
He, who can call to-day his own:
He who, secure within, can say,
To-morrow do thy worst, for I have lived today.

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So many men so many questions.
(Quot Homines Tot Sententiae)

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I wish you well and so I take my leave,
I Pray you know me when we meet again.

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Lady you bereft me of all words,
Only my blood speaks to you in my veins,
And there is such confusion in my powers.

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