He played the king as if afraid someone else would play the ace.

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Charm is a glow within a woman that casts a most becoming light on others.

Charm is a glow within a woman that casts a most becoming light on others.

How prophetic L'Enfant was when he laid out Washington as a city that goes around...

How prophetic L'Enfant was when he laid out Washington as a city that goes around...

I am ready any time. Do not keep me waiting.

I am ready any time. Do not keep me waiting.

The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.

The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.

So often we rob tomorrow's memories by today's economies.

So often we rob tomorrow's memories by today's economies.

Some television programs are so much chewing gum for the eyes.

Some television programs are so much chewing gum for the eyes.

She knows what is the best purpose of education: not to be frightened by the...

She knows what is the best purpose of education: not to be frightened by the...

Charm is a glow within a woman that casts a most becoming light on others.

Charm is a glow within a woman that casts a most becoming light on others.

The more one has seen of the good, the more one asks for the better.

The more one has seen of the good, the more one asks for the better.

The comic book [is] the marijuana of the nursery, the bane of the bassinet, the...

The comic book [is] the marijuana of the nursery, the bane of the bassinet, the...

No one is worthy of a good home here or in heaven that is not...

No one is worthy of a good home here or in heaven that is not...

A good conversationalist is not one who remembers what was said, but says what someone...

A good conversationalist is not one who remembers what was said, but says what someone...

America is a land where men govern, but women rule.

America is a land where men govern, but women rule.

The critic is a man who prefers the indolence of opinion to the trials of...

The critic is a man who prefers the indolence of opinion to the trials of...

Friendship should be a private pleasure, not a public boast. I loathe those braggarts who...

Friendship should be a private pleasure, not a public boast. I loathe those braggarts who...

If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog.

If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog.

Friendship is the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person having neither...

Friendship is the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person having neither...

Never exaggerate your faults. Your friends will attend to that.

Never exaggerate your faults. Your friends will attend to that.

Never, my dear Sir, do you take it into your head that I do not...

Never, my dear Sir, do you take it into your head that I do not...

Do not save your loving speeches for your friends till they are dead. Do not...

Do not save your loving speeches for your friends till they are dead. Do not...