To be sick is to enjoy monarchical prerogatives.

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I am determined that my children shall be brought up in their father's religion, if...

I am determined that my children shall be brought up in their father's religion, if...

I could never hate anyone I knew

I could never hate anyone I knew

Friendship will not stand the strain of very much good advice for very long.

Friendship will not stand the strain of very much good advice for very long.

Clap an extinguisher upon your irony if you are unhappily blessed with a vein of...

Clap an extinguisher upon your irony if you are unhappily blessed with a vein of...

The measure of choosing well, is, whether a man likes and finds good in what...

The measure of choosing well, is, whether a man likes and finds good in what...

I could never hate anyone I knew.

I could never hate anyone I knew.

Nothing puzzles me more than the time and space; and yet nothing troubles me less.

Nothing puzzles me more than the time and space; and yet nothing troubles me less.

Cards are war, in disguise of a sport

Cards are war, in disguise of a sport

Separate from the pleasure of your company, I don't much care if I never see...

Separate from the pleasure of your company, I don't much care if I never see...

When I consider how little of a rarity children are that every street and blind...

When I consider how little of a rarity children are that every street and blind...

My theory is to enjoy life, but the practice is against it.

My theory is to enjoy life, but the practice is against it.

Clap an extinguisher upon your irony if you are unhappily blessed with a vein of...

Clap an extinguisher upon your irony if you are unhappily blessed with a vein of...

Lawyers, I suppose, were children once.

Lawyers, I suppose, were children once.

Borrowers of books, those mutilators of collections, spoilers of the symmetry of shelves, and creators...

Borrowers of books, those mutilators of collections, spoilers of the symmetry of shelves, and creators...

The human species, according to the best theory I can form of it, is composed...

The human species, according to the best theory I can form of it, is composed...

The red-letter days, now become, to all intents and purposes, dead-letter days.

The red-letter days, now become, to all intents and purposes, dead-letter days.

I have had playmates, I have had companions; In my days of childhood, in my...

I have had playmates, I have had companions; In my days of childhood, in my...

Cards are war, in disguise of a sport.

Cards are war, in disguise of a sport.

A laugh is worth a hundred groans in any market.

A laugh is worth a hundred groans in any market.

I'd like to grow very old as slowly as possible.

I'd like to grow very old as slowly as possible.