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" Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried, or childless men. "

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" He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator. "

" We are much beholden to Machiavel and others, that write what men do, and not what they ought to do. "

" Fortitude is the marshal of thought, the armor of the will, and the fort of reason. "

" He that hath knowledge spareth his words. "

" There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which is lost by not trying. "

" Certainly, in taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy, but in passing it over, he is superior; for it is a prince's part to pardon. "

" But men must know, that in this theatre of man's life it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers on. "

" Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god. "

" Knowledge is power. "

Knowledge Is Power

" Who questions much, shall learn much, and retain much. "

" Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New. "

" Next to religion, let your care be to promote justice. "

" The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery. "

" A man must make his opportunity, as oft as find it. "

" Things alter for the worse spontaneously, if they be not altered for the better designedly. "

" The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses. "

" If a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics. "

" They that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils. "

" Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience. "

" The remedy is worse than the disease. "

" For my name and memory I leave to men's charitable speeches, and to foreign nations and the next ages. "

" Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished. "

" Rebellions of the belly are the worst. "

" We cannot command Nature except by obeying her. "

" Riches are a good hand maiden, but a poor mistress. "

" It is impossible to love and to be wise. "

" I had rather believe all the Fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a Mind. "

" A bachelor's life is a fine breakfast, a flat lunch, and a miserable dinner. "

" Of all virtues and dignities of the mind, goodness is the greatest, being the character of the Deity; and without it, man is a busy, mischievous, wretched thing. "