But money, wife, is the true Fuller's Earth for reputations, there is not a spot or a stain but what it can take out.

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To cheat a man is nothing; but the woman must have fine parts, indeed, who...

To cheat a man is nothing; but the woman must have fine parts, indeed, who...

Tell me and I forget. Show me and I remember. Involve me and I understand.

Tell me and I forget. Show me and I remember. Involve me and I understand.

Youth's the season made for joys, Love is then our duty

Youth's the season made for joys, Love is then our duty

The comfortable estate of widowhood is the only hope that keeps up a wife's spirits.

The comfortable estate of widowhood is the only hope that keeps up a wife's spirits.

Shadow owes its birth to light.

Shadow owes its birth to light.

Praising all alike, is praising none

Praising all alike, is praising none

There is no dependence that can be sure but a dependence upon one's self.

There is no dependence that can be sure but a dependence upon one's self.

O Polly, you might have toyed and kissed, by keeping men off, you keep them...

O Polly, you might have toyed and kissed, by keeping men off, you keep them...

I must have women - there is nothing unbends the mind like them.

I must have women - there is nothing unbends the mind like them.

You can only be called a hypocrite if you judge others first.

You can only be called a hypocrite if you judge others first.

The jury has a right to judge both the law as well as the fact...

The jury has a right to judge both the law as well as the fact...

We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the...

We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the...

When we risk no contradiction, it prompts the tongue to deal in fiction

When we risk no contradiction, it prompts the tongue to deal in fiction

She who has never loved has never lived.

She who has never loved has never lived.

An open foe may prove a curse, but a pretended friend is worse.

An open foe may prove a curse, but a pretended friend is worse.

What frenzy dictates, jealousy believes

What frenzy dictates, jealousy believes

'While there is life, there's hope,' he cried; 'Then why such haste?' so groaned and...

'While there is life, there's hope,' he cried; 'Then why such haste?' so groaned and...

I would jump down Etna for any public good - but I hate a mawkish...

I would jump down Etna for any public good - but I hate a mawkish...

'While there is life, there's hope,' he cried; 'Then why such haste?' so groaned and...

'While there is life, there's hope,' he cried; 'Then why such haste?' so groaned and...

Forgiveness is the key that unlocks the door of resentment and the handcuffs of hate....

Forgiveness is the key that unlocks the door of resentment and the handcuffs of hate....

The first task of a leader is to keep hope alive

The first task of a leader is to keep hope alive

The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love...

The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love...