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What A Pity It Is That There Are So Many Words! Whenever One Wants To Say Anything, Three Or Four Ways Of Saying It Run Into One's Head Together; And One Can't Tell Which To Choose. It Is As Troublesome And Puzzling As Choosing A Ribbon ... Or A Husband.

By The Ancients, Courage Was Regarded As Practically The Main Part Of Virtue; By Us, Though I Hope We Are Not Less Brave, Purity Is So Regarded Now.

To No Kind Of Begging Are People So Averse, As To Begging Pardon; That Is, When There Is Any Serious Ground For Doing So.

Knowledge Is The Parent Of Love; Wisdom, Love Itself.

The Next Best Thing To A Very Good Joke Is A Very Bad One.