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"Man is always looking for someone to boast to; woman is always looking for a shoulder to put her head on."
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"Worry - a God, invisible but omnipotent. It steals the bloom from the cheek and lightness from the pulse; it takes away the appetite, and turns the hair gray."
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"The best things carried to excess are wrong."
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"Discipline is needed in our temperance."
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"As the arteries grow hard, the heart grows soft."
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"Moderation in all things."
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"The spirit of moderation should also be the spirit of the lawgiver."
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"Many a man thinks he is buying pleasure, when he is really selling himself to it."
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"I am a fan of overdoing something, but not running it into the ground. They are complete opposites with only a fine line separating them."
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"We're about moderation."
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"Never go to excess, but let moderation be your guide."
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"Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who would want to live in an institution?"
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"A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin."
Criticism

"I never lecture, not because I am shy or a bad speaker, but simply because I detest the sort of people who go to lectures and don't want to meet them."
Education

"Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence."
Love

"Husbands never become good; they merely become proficient."
Marriage

"Time stays, we go."
Time

"For it is mutual trust, even more than mutual interest that holds human associations together. Our friends seldom profit us but they make us feel safe. Marriage is a scheme to accomplish exactly that same end."
Friendship

"Have you ever watched a crab on the shore crawling backward in search of the Atlantic Ocean, and missing? That's the way the mind of man operates."
Perception

"I believe that it is better to tell the truth than a lie. I believe it is better to be free than to be a slave. And I believe it is better to know than to be ignorant."
Politics

"In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for; as for me, I rejoice that I am not a Republican."
Politics
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