How much time he gains who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks, but only at what he does himself, to make it just and holy. Book IV
'Tis a dainty thing to command, though 'twere but a flock of sheep. Don Quixote
He looked at her again, now with the vague abject shyness that older men often have with young women, as though asking their indulgence for no longer being young. The Post Office Girl
The plainest sign of wisdom is a continual cheerfulness: her state is like that of things in the regions above the moon, always clear and serene. Essays
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