"The best mirror is an old friend."
"Marry your sonne when you will; your daughter when you can. [Marry your son when you will, your daughter when you can.]"
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Source: George Herbert (1861). “The Poetical Works of G. H. and R. Heber. With Memoir”, p.279
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