Girls like to be played with, and rumpled a little too, sometimes.

Quote by Oliver Goldsmith

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Surely the best way to meet the enemy is head on in the field and...

Surely the best way to meet the enemy is head on in the field and...

He who seeks for applause only from without has all his happiness in another's keeping.

He who seeks for applause only from without has all his happiness in another's keeping.

Conscience is a coward, and those faults it has not strength enough to prevent it...

Conscience is a coward, and those faults it has not strength enough to prevent it...

To the last moment of his breath, On hope the wretch relies; And even the...

To the last moment of his breath, On hope the wretch relies; And even the...

Be not affronted at a joke. If one throw salt at thee, thou wilt receive...

Be not affronted at a joke. If one throw salt at thee, thou wilt receive...

There are some faults so nearly allied to excellence that we can scarce weed out...

There are some faults so nearly allied to excellence that we can scarce weed out...

You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips.

You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips.

With disadvantages enough to bring him to humility, a Scotsman is one of the proudest...

With disadvantages enough to bring him to humility, a Scotsman is one of the proudest...

Where wealth accumulates, men decay.

Where wealth accumulates, men decay.

Tenderness is a virtue.

Tenderness is a virtue.

Law grinds the poor, and rich men rule the law.

Law grinds the poor, and rich men rule the law.

Ceremonies are different in every country, but true politeness is everywhere the same.

Ceremonies are different in every country, but true politeness is everywhere the same.

People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy after

People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy after

Tenderness is a virtue.

Tenderness is a virtue.

Our pleasures are short, and can only charm at intervals; love is a method of...

Our pleasures are short, and can only charm at intervals; love is a method of...

As writers become more numerous, it is natural for readers to become more indolent.

As writers become more numerous, it is natural for readers to become more indolent.

Success consists of getting up just one more time than you fall.

Success consists of getting up just one more time than you fall.

The hours we pass with happy prospects in view are more pleasing than those crowded...

The hours we pass with happy prospects in view are more pleasing than those crowded...

On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting, 'Twas only when he was off, he...

On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting, 'Twas only when he was off, he...

All that a husband or wife really wants is to be pitied a little, praised...

All that a husband or wife really wants is to be pitied a little, praised...