Pocket all your knowledge with your watch, and never pull it out in company unless desired
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Mankind is made up of inconsistencies, and no man acts invariably up to his predominant character. The wisest man sometimes acts weakly, and the weakest sometimes wisely.
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The rich are always advising the poor, but the poor seldom return the compliment.
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No man can possibly improve in any company for which he has not respect enough to be under some degree of restraint
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Swift speedy time, feathered with flying hours, Dissolves the beauty of the fairest brow.
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It must be owned, that the Graces do not seem to be natives of Great Britain and I doubt, the best of us here have more of rough than polished diamond.
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