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Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.

A witty saying proves nothing

To show pity is felt as a sign of contempt because one has clearly ceased to be an object of fear as soon as one is pitied.

Men's arguments often prove nothing but their wishes

We never fully grasp the import of any true statement until we have a clear notion of what the opposite untrue statement would be.

In the dim background of mind we know what we ought to be doing but somehow we cannot start.