Oh that I were seated as high as my ambition, I'd place my naked foot on the necks of monarchs.
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To act with common sense according to the moment, is the best wisdom I know and the best philosophy is to do one's duties, take the world as it comes, submit respectfully to one's lot bless the goodness that has given us so much happiness with it,
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Old friends are the great blessings of one's later years. Half a word conveys one's meaning. They have a memory of the same events, have the same mode of thinking. I have young relations that may grow upon me, for my nature is affectionate, but can they grow To Be old friends
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A careless song, with a little nonsense in it now and then, does not misbecome a monarch.
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