Promises Are Dangerous Things To Ask Or

Promises Are Dangerous Things To Ask Or To Give.

My Mother Took Too Much, A Great Deal Too Much, Care Of Me; She Over-educated, Over-instructed, Over-dosed Me With Premature Lessons Of Prudence: She Was So Afraid That I Should Ever Do A Foolish Thing, Or Not Say A Wise One, That She Prompted My Every Word, And Guided My Every Action. So I Grew Up, Seeing With Her Eyes, Hearing With Her Ears, And Judging With Her Understanding, Till, At Length, It Was Found Out That I Had Not Eyes, Ears Or Understanding Of My Own.

Let The Sexes Mutually Forgive Each Other Their Follies; Or, What Is Much Better, Let Them Combine Their Talents For Their General Advantage.

Politeness Only Teaches Us To Save Others From Unnecessary Pain.... You Are Not Bound By Politeness To Tell Any Falsehoods.

We Cannot Judge Either Of The Feelings Or Of The Characters Of Men With Perfect Accuracy From Their Actions Or Their Appearance In Public; It Is From Their Careless Conversations, Their Half-finished Sentences, That We May Hope With The Greatest Probability Of Success To Discover Their Real Characters.