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I must have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week sometimes to make it up.

It is not best that we should all think alike; it is a difference of opinion that makes horse races.

When you fish for love, bait with your heart, not your brain.

Let us live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.

Do the right thing. It will gratify some people and astonish the rest.

Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.

A person who won't read has no advantage over one who can't read.

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.

Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.

Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.

Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.

We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified.

I'm not wise, but the beginning of wisdom is there; it's like relaxing into - and an acceptance of - things.

Worrying is like a rocking chair, it gives you something to do, but it gets you nowhere.

Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.

If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.

It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow.

Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbor.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own.

Do not meddle in the affairs of Wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.