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• Be careful what you set your heart upon - for it will surely be yours.
  -- James Baldwin, "Nobody Knows My Name" 1961...
• Take rather than give the tone to the company you are in.
  If you gave parts you will show them more or less upon every subjec...
• The nation looked upon him as a deserter, and he shrunk into insignificancy and an earldom.
  -- Earl of Chesterfield (1694-1773) -- Character of Pulteney...
• Read over your compositions, and where ever you meet with a package you think is particularly fine, strike it out.
  Samuel Johnson ['Boswell's Life of', 1773]...
• That ready wit, which you so partially allow me, ..
  . may create many admirers; but, take my word for it, it makes few friends....
• He adorned whatever subject he either spoke or wrote upon, by the most splendid eloquence.
  -- Earl of Chesterfield (1694-1773) -- Character of Bolingbroke...
• Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation.
  Your character is what you really are while your reputation is merely what others think you are....
• Be careful what you set your heart upon - for it will surely be yours. BALDWIN
• Haven't you ever known what it is like to be at peace with your Maker?
  asked the clergyman who was counseling the wayward girl....