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Next to sound judgment, diamonds and pearls are the rarest things in the world

There are only two ways of getting on in the world either by one's own industry, or by the stupidity of others

We seldom repent of speaking little, very often of speaking too much: a vulgar and trite maxim, which all the world knows and, but which all the world does not practice

There are few finer excesses in the world than an excess of gratitude

The world and its way have a certain worth

You know full well as I do the value of sisters' affections: There is nothing like it in this world