Surprizes are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable. Emma
From a drop of water a logician could infer the possibility of an Atlantic or a Niagara without having seen or heard of one or the other. A Study in Scarlet
Even as the Sun doth not wait for prayers and incantations to rise, but shines forth and is welcomed by all: so thou also wait not for clapping of hands and shouts and praise to do thy duty; nay, do good of thine own accord, and thou wilt be loved like the Sun. Fragment
Give of what you have to strangers and to those who have need: for he who gives not to him who wants, will not receive himself when he wants. Fragment
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