I see, lady, the gentleman is not in your books.

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There's not one wise man among twenty will praise himself.

There's not one wise man among twenty will praise himself.

Every cloud engenders not a storm

Every cloud engenders not a storm

Instead of weeping when a tragedy occurs in a songbird's life, it sings away its...

Instead of weeping when a tragedy occurs in a songbird's life, it sings away its...

Absence from those we love is self from self - a deadly banishment.

Absence from those we love is self from self - a deadly banishment.

When to the sessions of sweet silent thought I summon up remembrance of things past,...

When to the sessions of sweet silent thought I summon up remembrance of things past,...

He lives in fame that died in virtue's cause.

He lives in fame that died in virtue's cause.

It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

To saucy doubts and fears.

To saucy doubts and fears.

Then is it sin to rush into the secret house of death. Ere death dare...

Then is it sin to rush into the secret house of death. Ere death dare...

O God, O God, how weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable seem to me all the...

O God, O God, how weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable seem to me all the...

A man cannot make him laugh; but that's no marvel; he drinks no wine

A man cannot make him laugh; but that's no marvel; he drinks no wine

Self-love, is not so vile a sin as self-neglecting.

Self-love, is not so vile a sin as self-neglecting.

I am ill at these numbers

I am ill at these numbers

Conversation should be pleasant without scurrility, witty without affectation, free without indecency, learned without conceitedness,...

Conversation should be pleasant without scurrility, witty without affectation, free without indecency, learned without conceitedness,...

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

A man cannot make him laugh; but that's no marvel; he drinks no wine

A man cannot make him laugh; but that's no marvel; he drinks no wine

I never see thy face but I think upon hell-fire.

I never see thy face but I think upon hell-fire.

Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie Which we ascribe to heaven.

Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie Which we ascribe to heaven.

I quit being afraid when my first venture failed and the sky didn't fall down.

I quit being afraid when my first venture failed and the sky didn't fall down.

They can't hurt you unless you let them.

They can't hurt you unless you let them.