Fortune's wheel never stands still the highest point is therefore the most perilous.

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The law, in our case, seems to make the right; and the very reverse ought...

The law, in our case, seems to make the right; and the very reverse ought...

Surely it is much more generous to forgive and remember, than to forgive and forget.

Surely it is much more generous to forgive and remember, than to forgive and forget.

There is no moment like the present. The man who will not execute his resolutions...

There is no moment like the present. The man who will not execute his resolutions...

The bore is usually considered a harmless creature, or of that class of irrationa bipeds...

The bore is usually considered a harmless creature, or of that class of irrationa bipeds...

The human heart, at whatever age, opens only to the heart that opens in return.

The human heart, at whatever age, opens only to the heart that opens in return.

Business was his aversion; Pleasure was his business.

Business was his aversion; Pleasure was his business.

Some people talk of morality, and some of religion, but give me a little snug...

Some people talk of morality, and some of religion, but give me a little snug...

An orator is the worse person to tell a plain fact.

An orator is the worse person to tell a plain fact.

I've a great fancy to see my own funeral afore I die.

I've a great fancy to see my own funeral afore I die.

Our Irish blunders are never blunders of the heart.

Our Irish blunders are never blunders of the heart.

Surely it is much more generous to forgive and remember, than to forgive and forget.

Surely it is much more generous to forgive and remember, than to forgive and forget.

How success changes the opinion of men!

How success changes the opinion of men!