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A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can.

People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.

Beauty is all very well at first sight; but who ever looks at it when it has been in the house three days?

There is an innocence in admiration; it is found in those to whom it has never yet occurred that they, too, might be admired some day.

The trouble with this country is that there are too many politicians who believe, with a conviction based on experience, that you can fool all of the people all of the time.

There is no rule more invariable than that we are paid for our suspicions by finding what we suspect.

Nature and books belong to the eyes that see them.

The hardest thing to see is what is in front of your eyes.

A pair of powerful spectacles has sometimes sufficed to cure a person in love.

Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken.