No padlocks, bolts, or bars can secure a maiden better than her own reserve.
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I have always heard, Sancho, that doing good to base fellows is like throwing water into the sea.
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One who has not only the four S's, which are required in every good lover, but even the whole alphabet as for example... Agreeable, Bountiful, Constant, Dutiful, Easy, Faithful, Gallant, Honorable, Ingenious, Kind, Loyal, Mild, Noble, Officious, Prudent, Quiet, Rich, Secret, True, Valiant, Wise the X indeed, is too harsh a letter to agree with him, but he is Young and Zealous.
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Truth indeed rather alleviates than hurts, and will always bear up against falsehood, as oil does above water.
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Tis a dainty thing to command, though twere but a flock of sheep.
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