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True it is, as society is constituted, marriage becomes somewhat of a lottery—for all its votaries are either the victims of Cupid or cupidity; in either case, they are under the blinding influence of passion, and consequently but little subject to the control of reason.

— Frederick Saunders Salad for the Solitary (1853)

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True beauty is in the mind; and the expression of the features depends more upon the moral nature than most people are aware of.

Mosaics (1859)

Mammon is the largest slaveholder in the world.

Salad for the Social (1856)

Good humor is the clear blue sky of the soul.

Mosaics (1859)

Dean Swift proposed to tax female beauty, and to leave every lady to rate her own charms. He said the tax would be cheerfully paid, and very productive.

Salad for the Social (1856)

Charity, in whatever guise she appears, is the best-natured and the best-complexioned thing in the world.

Stray Leaves of Literature (1888)

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