Knowledge is power.
I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am.
In charity there is no excess.
Fashion is only the attempt to realize art in living forms and social intercourse.
Houses are built to live in, not to look on; therefore, let use be preferred before uniformity, except where both may be had.
Children sweeten labours, but they make misfortunes more bitter.
Silence is the virtue of fools.
Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor.
Read not to contradict and confute, not to believe and take for granted, not to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider.
Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.
Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.
Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.
A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
He of whom many are afraid ought to fear many.
The folly of one man is the fortune of another.
A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green.
Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.
By far the best proof is experience.
A bachelor’s life is a fine breakfast, a flat lunch, and a miserable dinner.
The best work, and of greatest merit for the public, has proceeded from the unmarried or childless men.
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