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"This is the patent age of new inventions for killing bodies, and for saving souls. All propagated with the best intentions."
"Think you if Laura had been Petrarch's wife He would have written sonnets all his life?"
"Here's a sigh to those who love me And a smile to those who hate And whatever sky's above me Here's a heart for every fate."
"The poor dog, in life the firmest friend. The first to welcome, foremost to defend."
"There is a tide in the affairs of women Which taken at the flood leads - God knows where."
"Friendship may, and often does, grow into love, but love never subsides into friendship."
"Tis sweet to hear the watchdog's honest bark Bay deep-mouth'd welcome as we draw near home."
"What should I have known or written had I been a quiet, mercantile politician or a lord in waiting? A man must travel, and turmoil, or there is no existence."
"Tis enough - Who listens once will listen twice Her heart be sure is not of ice And one refusal no rebuff."
"When Bishop Berkeley said "there was no matter " And proved it - 'twas no matter what he said."
"Roll on thou deep and dark blue ocean - roll! Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain Man marks the earth with ruin - his control Stops with the shore."
"Letter-writing is the only device for combining solitude with good company."
"Fare thee well! and if for ever Still for ever fare thee well."
"Men are the sport of circumstances when it seems circumstances are the sport of men."
"If I am fool, it is, at least, a doubting one; and I envy no one the certainty of his self-approved wisdom."