A laugh is worth a hundred groans in any market.

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I could never hate anyone I knew

I could never hate anyone I knew

Don't introduce me to that man! I want to go on hating him, and I...

Don't introduce me to that man! I want to go on hating him, and I...

The most common error made in matters of appearance is the belief that one should...

The most common error made in matters of appearance is the belief that one should...

A book reads the better which is our own, and has been so long known...

A book reads the better which is our own, and has been so long known...

The greatest pleasure I know is to do a good action by stealth, and to...

The greatest pleasure I know is to do a good action by stealth, and to...

Boys are capital fellows in their own way, among their mates; but they are unwholesome...

Boys are capital fellows in their own way, among their mates; but they are unwholesome...

Let us live for the beauty of our own reality.

Let us live for the beauty of our own reality.

What is reading, but silent conversation.

What is reading, but silent conversation.

Anything awful makes me laugh. I misbehaved once at a funeral.

Anything awful makes me laugh. I misbehaved once at a funeral.

The measure of choosing well, is, whether a man likes and finds good in what...

The measure of choosing well, is, whether a man likes and finds good in what...

For thy sake, tobacco, I would do anything but die.

For thy sake, tobacco, I would do anything but die.

I have had playmates, I have had companions; In my days of childhood, in my...

I have had playmates, I have had companions; In my days of childhood, in my...

Here cometh April again, and as far as I can see the world hath more...

Here cometh April again, and as far as I can see the world hath more...

The beggar is the only person in the universe not obliged to study appearance.

The beggar is the only person in the universe not obliged to study appearance.

It is good to love the unknown.

It is good to love the unknown.

He is no lawyer who cannot take two sides

He is no lawyer who cannot take two sides

My motto is: Contented with little, yet wishing for more.

My motto is: Contented with little, yet wishing for more.

Cards are war, in disguise of a sport

Cards are war, in disguise of a sport

He who joyfully marches to music rank and file, has already earned my contempt. He...

He who joyfully marches to music rank and file, has already earned my contempt. He...

If men make war in slavish obedience to rules, they will fail.

If men make war in slavish obedience to rules, they will fail.