True politeness consists in being easy one's self, and in making every one about one as easy as one can.

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Woman's at best a contradiction still.

Woman's at best a contradiction still.

There is a certain majesty in simplicity which is far above all the quaintness of...

There is a certain majesty in simplicity which is far above all the quaintness of...

Extremes in nature equal ends produce; In man they join to some mysterious use.

Extremes in nature equal ends produce; In man they join to some mysterious use.

Wit is the lowest form of humor.

Wit is the lowest form of humor.

The hungry judges soon the sentence sign, and wretches hang that jury-men may dine

The hungry judges soon the sentence sign, and wretches hang that jury-men may dine

Is pride, the never-failing vice of fools.

Is pride, the never-failing vice of fools.

Health consists with temperance alone.

Health consists with temperance alone.

Remembrance and reflection how allied. What thin partitions divides sense from thought.

Remembrance and reflection how allied. What thin partitions divides sense from thought.

Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends.

Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends.

Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to...

Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to...

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or...

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or...

They dream in courtship, but in wedlock wake.

They dream in courtship, but in wedlock wake.

Hope springs eternal in the human breast

Hope springs eternal in the human breast

An honest man is the noblest work of God.

An honest man is the noblest work of God.

Astrologers that future fates foreshow.

Astrologers that future fates foreshow.

A little learning is a dangerous thing;Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.

A little learning is a dangerous thing;Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.

A man of business may talk of philosophy; a man who has none may practice...

A man of business may talk of philosophy; a man who has none may practice...

So vast is art, so narrow human wit.

So vast is art, so narrow human wit.

Artists can color the sky red because they know it's blue. Those of us who...

Artists can color the sky red because they know it's blue. Those of us who...

Art is the child of Nature; yes, her darling child, in whom we trace the...

Art is the child of Nature; yes, her darling child, in whom we trace the...