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The typewriting machine, when played with expression, is no more annoying than the piano when played by a sister or near relation.

To love one's self is the beginning of a life-long romance.

A man's very highest moment is, I have no doubt at all, when he kneels in the dust, and beats his breast, and tells all the sins of his life.

It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution.

The well-bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.

A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing.

What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing.

There is a tiny yellow daffodil, The butterfly can see it from afar, Although one summer evening's dew could fill Its little cup twice over, ere the star Had called the lazy shepherd to his fold, And be no prodigal.

Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation.

She is absolutely inadmissible into society. Many a woman has a past, but I am told that she has at least a dozen, and that they all fit.

Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

Education is an admirable thing, but nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.

I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.

Moderation is a fatal thing. . . . Nothing succeeds like excess.

Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.

Experience is one thing you can't get for nothing.

America has been discovered before, but it has always been hushed up.

Extravagance is the luxury of the poor; penury is the luxury of the rich.