“Nor love, not honor, wealth nor power, can give the heart a cheerful hour when health is lost. Be timely wise; With health all taste of pleasure flies.”
“The luxury of doing good surpasses every other personal enjoyment.”
“Give me, kind heaven, a private station, a mind serene for contemplation.”
“And when a lady's in the case, You know, all other things give place.”
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