"To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved. " — MacDonald

Immigrant: An unenlightened person who thinks one country better than another

Source: The Devil's Dictionary (1911)

Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact

Source: The Will to Believe (1897)

It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one

Source: Letter to Harriot Washington (Oct. 30, 1791)

Good company will always be found much less expensive than bad

Source: Letter to George Steptoe Washington (Mar. 23, 1789)

It is always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should refuse an offer of marriage

Source: Emma (1815)

To get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with

Source: Following the Equator, ch. 48 (1897)

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