Boys are capital fellows in their own way, among their mates; but they are unwholesome companions for grown people.

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• Charles Lamb:

  He is no lawyer who cannot take two sides.

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  The beggar wears all colors fearing none.

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  The red-letter days, now become, to all intents and purposes, dead-letter days.

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