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A word out of place spoils the most beautiful thought.

Don't lie—it wastes my time and yours. I'm sure to catch you in the end and that's the wrong end.

Telephone invented. 1861.

A'ali Pasha, an eminent reforming Turkish statesman (1815-1871).

Ability is a poor man's wealth.

The first and simplest emotion which we discover in the human mind, is curiosity.

Make friends of equals.

To expect to set up our own standard of right and wrong and expect everybody to conform to it.

A chaste and lucid style is indicative of the same personal traits in the author.