"Moderation is the silken string running through the pearl chain of all virtues."

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“He is wealthy enough, that wanteth not: he is great enough, that is his own master: he is happy enough, that lives to die well.”

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“There is many a rich stone laid up in the bowels of the earth, many a fair pearl laid up in the bosom of the sea, that never was seen, nor never shall be.”

“Death borders upon our birth, and our cradle stands in the grave.”

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"If to state this case is not to decide it, the law has departed further from the meaning of language than is appropriate for a government that is supposed to rule through the written word."

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