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

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Knowledge Is Power

" The place of justice is a hallowed place. "

" Lies are sufficient to breed opinion, and opinion brings on substance. "

" 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. "

" Friends are thieves of time. "

" Nothing is pleasant that is not spiced with variety. "

" It is natural to die as to be born. "

" The worst solitude is to have no real friendships. "

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

" The genius, wit, and the spirit of a nation are discovered by their proverbs. "

" 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. "

" Houses are built to live in, and not to look on: therefore let use be preferred before uniformity. "

" Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is. "

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

" As the births of living creatures are at first ill-shapen, so are all innovations, which are the births of time. "

" Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper. "

" Seek ye first the good things of the mind, and the rest will either be supplied or its loss will not be felt. "

" Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased by tales, so is the other. "

" Pictures and shapes are but secondary objects and please or displease only in the memory. "

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

" God's first creature, which was light. "

" God has placed no limits to the exercise of the intellect he has given us, on this side of the grave. "

" Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set. "

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

" Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom. "

" He that gives good advice, builds with one hand; he that gives good counsel and example, builds with both; but he that gives good admonition and bad example, builds with one hand and pulls down with the other. "

" They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea. "