Marrying for love may be a bit risky, but it is so honest that God can't help but smile on it.

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One of the best temporary cures for pride and affection is seasickness; a man who...

One of the best temporary cures for pride and affection is seasickness; a man who...

As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand.

As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand.

Life is short, but it's long enough to ruin any man who wants to be...

Life is short, but it's long enough to ruin any man who wants to be...

Consider the postage stamp, my son. It secures success through its ability to stick to...

Consider the postage stamp, my son. It secures success through its ability to stick to...

There are very few good judges of humor, and they don't agree.

There are very few good judges of humor, and they don't agree.

Love looks through a telescope; envy, through a microscope.

Love looks through a telescope; envy, through a microscope.

Reason often makes mistakes, but conscience never does.

Reason often makes mistakes, but conscience never does.

Genius ain't anything more than elegant common sense.

Genius ain't anything more than elegant common sense.

Every man has his follies - and often they are the most interesting thing he...

Every man has his follies - and often they are the most interesting thing he...

Knowledge is like money: the more one gets, the more one craves.

Knowledge is like money: the more one gets, the more one craves.

Confess your sins to the Lord and you will be forgiven; confess them to man...

Confess your sins to the Lord and you will be forgiven; confess them to man...

There are people who are always anticipating trouble, and in this way they manage to...

There are people who are always anticipating trouble, and in this way they manage to...

Threescore years and ten is enough; if a man can't suffer all the misery he...

Threescore years and ten is enough; if a man can't suffer all the misery he...

Confess your sins to the Lord and you will be forgiven; confess them to man...

Confess your sins to the Lord and you will be forgiven; confess them to man...

Advice is like castor oil, easy enough to give but dreadful uneasy to take.

Advice is like castor oil, easy enough to give but dreadful uneasy to take.

Common sense is instinct, and enough of it is genius.

Common sense is instinct, and enough of it is genius.

Love iz like the meazles; we kant have it bad but onst, and the later...

Love iz like the meazles; we kant have it bad but onst, and the later...

When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly...

When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly...

It is the privilege of posterity to set matters right between those antagonists who, by...

It is the privilege of posterity to set matters right between those antagonists who, by...

There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the universe, and it has a longer shelf...

There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the universe, and it has a longer shelf...

The first half of our lives is ruined by our parents and the second half...

The first half of our lives is ruined by our parents and the second half...