Similar words: ad, add, aid, any, band, end, hand, land. Meaning: [ənd; (ə)n; ænd]
conj.1. (used to connect grammatically coordinate words, phrases, or clauses) along or together with; as well as; in addition to; besides; also; moreover: pens and pencils. 2. added to; plus: 2 and 2 are 4. 3. then: He read for an hour and went to bed. 4. also, at the same time: to sleep and dream. 5. then again; repeatedly: He coughed and coughed. 6. (used to imply different qualities in things having the same name): There are bargains and bargains, so watch out. 7. (used to introduce a sentence, implying continuation) also; then: And then it happened. 8. Informal. to (used between two finite verbs): Try and do it. Call and see if she's home yet. 9. (used to introduce a consequence or conditional result): He felt sick and decided to lie down for a while. Say one more word about it and I'll scream. 10. but; on the contrary: He tried to run five miles and couldn't. They said they were about to leave and then stayed for two more hours. 11. (used to connect alternatives): He felt that he was being forced to choose between his career and his family. 12. (used to introduce a comment on the preceding clause): They don't like each other - and with good reason. 13. Archaic. if: and you please. Cf. an2. 14. and so forth, and the like; and others; et cetera: We discussed traveling, sightseeing, and so forth. 15. and so on, and more things or others of a similar kind; and the like: It was a summer filled with parties, picnics, and so on. n.16. an added condition, stipulation, detail, or particular: He accepted the job, no ands or buts about it. 17. conjunction (def. 5b)..
123. To flee vice is the begnning of virtue, and to have got rid of folly is the beginning of wisdom. 

126. It is not true suffering ennobles the character; happiness does that sometimes, but suffering, for the most part, makes men petty and vindictive. 

128. With close friends in their lives,people develop courage and positive attitudes.Teenagers have the moral support to assert their individuality;the elderly approach their advanced years with optimism and an interest in life. 

131. We should so live and labor in our time that what came to us as seed may go to the next generation as blossom(sentencedict.com), and what came to us as blossom may go to them as fruit. This is what we mean by progress. 

136. The human species, according to the best theory I can form of it, is composed of two distinct races, the man who borrows,[sentencedict.com] and the man who lends. 

140. To preserve a friend three things are required: to honour him present, praise him absent, and assist him in his necessities. 

144. You can fool some of the people all the time, and all of the people some of the time; but you can't fool all of the people all the time. 

148. There is in liberty as in innocence and virtue a satisfaction one can only feel in their enjoyment and a pleasure which can cease only when lost. 
