Wine is a turncoat; first a friend and then an enemy.
From Henry Fielding
We are as liable to be corrupted by books, as by companions.
When children are doing nothing, they are doing mischief.
Commend a fool for his wit, or a rogue for his honesty and he will receive you into his favor.
Scarcely one person in a thousand is capable of tasting the happiness of others.
When widows exclaim loudly against second marriages, I would always lay a wager than the man, If not the wedding day, is absolutely fixed on.
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