“If you once turn on your side after the hour at which you ought to rise, it is all over. Bolt up at once.”
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Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to us in all the duties of life.
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There is a vulgar incredulity, which in historical matters, as well as in those of religion, finds it easier to doubt than to examine.
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To all, to each, a fair good-night, and pleasing dreams, and slumbers light.
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'Tis sweet to know there is an eye will mark our coming, and look brighter when we come.
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