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

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" It is in life as it is in ways, the shortest way is commonly the foulest, and surely the fairer way is not much about. "

" The fortune which nobody sees makes a person happy and unenvied. "

" Truth is a good dog; but always beware of barking too close to the heels of an error, lest you get your brains kicked out. "

" Children sweeten labours, but they make misfortunes more bitter. "

" Fashion is only the attempt to realize art in living forms and social intercourse. "

" I do not believe that any man fears to be dead, but only the stroke of death. "

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

" Money is like manure, of very little use except it be spread. "

" I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am. "

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

" It is as natural to die as to be born; and to a little infant, perhaps, the one is as painful as the other. "

" Opportunity makes a thief. "

" In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present. "

" A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green. "

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

" A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion. "

" The correlative to loving our neighbors as ourselves is hating ourselves as we hate our neighbors. "

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

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

" There is nothing makes a man suspect much, more than to know little. "

" Knowledge is power. "

Knowledge Is Power

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Young people are fitter to invent than to judge; fitter for execution than for counsel; and more fit for new projects than for settled business. "

" This is certain, that a man that studieth revenge keeps his wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well. "

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

" There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion. "

" Nothing doth more hurt in a state than that cunning men pass for wise. "