Pearls of Wisdom.
Very often an ideal-looking woman is idea-less. Rare as true love is, it is less so than true friendship.
To study men is more necessary than to study books.
He who lives without folly is not so wise as he imagines. Merit in appearance is oftener rewarded than merit itself.
To live without envy is a certain indication of great qualities.
Envy is destroyed by true friendship, as coquetry is by true love.
True eloquence consists in saying all that is proper, and no more.
There may be convenient marriages, but there are no delightful ones. No disguise can long conceal love where it is, nor feign it where it is not. The happiness and misery of men depend no less on tomper than fortune.
A slight answer to an intricate and useless question is a fit cover to such a dishflßfc' The rich man leaves many wtS«-be widows.
The man who keeps books with uncut leaves on his shelves is either a parvenu fir a critic. J
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 8279, 21 October 1905, Page 2
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