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The Spaniards have a saying that there is no man whom Fortune does not visit at least once in his life. - [Fortune] Why should man's high aspiring mind Burn in him with so proud a breath; When all his haughty views can find In this world, yield to death; The fair, the brave, the vain, the wise, The rich, the poor, the great, the small, Are each but worms' anatomies, To strew his quiet hall. - [Death] But wealth is a great means of refinement; and it is a security for gentleness, since it removes disturbing anxieties. - Reveries of a Bachelor--Over his Cigar (III) [Wealth] Coquetry whets the appetite; flirtation depraves it. Coquetry is the thorn that guards the rose--easily trimmed off when once plucked. Flirtation is like the slime on water-plants, making them hard to handle, and when caught, only to be cherished in slimy waters. - Reveries of a Bachelor--Sea Coal (I) [Coquetry]
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