Only choose in marriage a man whom you would choose as a friend if he were a woman.

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Ask the young. They know everything.

Ask the young. They know everything.

Imagination is the eye of the soul.

Imagination is the eye of the soul.

A Flatterer is a man that tells you your opinion and not his own

A Flatterer is a man that tells you your opinion and not his own

Grace is in garments, in movements, in manners; beauty in the nude, and in forms....

Grace is in garments, in movements, in manners; beauty in the nude, and in forms....

Choose in marriage only a woman whom you would choose as a friend if she...

Choose in marriage only a woman whom you would choose as a friend if she...

Without the spiritual world the material world is a disheartening enigma.

Without the spiritual world the material world is a disheartening enigma.

The passions of the young are vices in the old.

The passions of the young are vices in the old.

Old age deprives the intelligent man only of qualities useless to wisdom.

Old age deprives the intelligent man only of qualities useless to wisdom.

Love and fear. Everything the father of a family says must inspire one or the...

Love and fear. Everything the father of a family says must inspire one or the...

Justice is the truth in action.

Justice is the truth in action.

It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question...

It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question...

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

Innocence is always unsuspicious.

Innocence is always unsuspicious.

One who has imagination without learning has wings without feet.

One who has imagination without learning has wings without feet.

Space is to place as eternity is to time.

Space is to place as eternity is to time.

Children need models rather than critics.

Children need models rather than critics.

It is easy to understand God as long as you don't try to explain him.

It is easy to understand God as long as you don't try to explain him.

Pleasures are always children, pains always have wrinkles.

Pleasures are always children, pains always have wrinkles.

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

God is the place where I do not remember the rest.

God is the place where I do not remember the rest.