Courtship consists in a number of quiet attentions, not so pointed as to alarm, nor so vague as not to be understood.
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I once asked a hermit in Italy how he could venture to live alone, in a single cottage, on the top of a mountain, a mile from any habitation? He replied, that Providence was his next-door neighbor.
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The accusing spirit, which flew up to heaven's chancery with the oath, blushed as he gave it in and the recording angel as he wrote it down dropped a tear upon the word and blotted it out forever.
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One may as well be asleep as to read for anything but to improve his mind and morals, and regulate his conduct.
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A man who values a good night's rest will not lie down with enmity in his heart, if he can help it.
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People who are always taking care of their health are like misers, who are hoarding a treasure which they have never spirit enough to enjoy.
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