In marriage do thou be wise: prefer the person before money, virtue before beauty, the mind before the body; then thou hast a wife, a friend, a companion, a second self.

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Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than the arguments of its opposers.

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The truest end of life is to know the life that never ends.

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Peace can only be secured by justice; never by force of arms.

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In all debates, let truth be thy aim, not victory, or an unjust interest.

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True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.

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The country life is to be preferred, for there we see the works of God; but in cities little else but the works of men. And the one makes a better subject for contemplation than the other.

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Let us see what love can do.

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Silence is Wisdom where Speaking is Folly.

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The secret of happiness is to count your blessings while others are adding up their troubles.

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