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"A round man cannot be expected to fit in a square hole right away. He must have time to modify his shape."

"The holy passion of friendship is of so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring a nature that it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money."

"Not until you become a stranger to yourself will you be able to make acquaintance with the Friend."

"Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person."

"The kingly office is entitled to no respect. It was originally procured by the highwayman's methods; it remains a perpetuated crime, can never be anything but the symbol of a crime. It is no more entitled to respect than is the flag of a pirate."

"Only a government that is rich and safe can afford to be a democracy, for democracy is the most expensive and nefarious kind of government ever heard of on earth."

"When in doubt tell the truth."

"We Americans... bear the ark of liberties of the world."

"It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly native criminal class except Congress."

"Going to law is losing a cow for the sake of a cat."

"Laws control the lesser man... Right conduct controls the greater one."

"Love seems the swiftest, but it is the slowest of all growths. No man or woman really knows what perfect love is until they have been married a quarter of a century."

"Morals are an acquirement - like music, like a foreign language, like piety, poker, paralysis - no man is born with them."

"The educated Southerner has no use for an 'R', except at the beginning of a word."

"Truth is the most valuable thing we have. Let us economize it."

"Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch; nay, you may kick it about all day, like a football, and it will be round and full at evening."

"There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice."

"There is an old-time toast which is golden for its beauty. "When you ascend the hill of prosperity may you not meet a friend."

"In Boston they ask, how much does he know? In New York, how much is he worth? In Philadelphia, who were his parents?"

"Prosperity is the surest breeder of insolence I know."

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