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Rebellions of the belly are the worst.

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

The worst solitude is to have no real friendships.

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

Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set.

When a man laughs at his troubles he loses a great many friends. They never forgive the loss of their prerogative.

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

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.

Studies serve for delight, for ornaments, and for ability.

The momentous thing in human life is the art of winning the soul to good or evil.

Nothing is pleasant that is not spiced with variety.

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

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

It is a true rule that love is ever rewarded, either with the reciproque or with an inward and secret contempt.

A sudden bold and unexpected question doth many times surprise a man and lay him open.

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

He that hath knowledge spareth his words.

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

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

The pencil of the Holy Ghost hath labored more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon.

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.

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.

Life, an age to the miserable, and a moment to the happy.

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

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

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.

Studies serve for delight, for ornaments, and for ability.

The momentous thing in human life is the art of winning the soul to good or evil.

Nothing is pleasant that is not spiced with variety.

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

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

It is a true rule that love is ever rewarded, either with the reciproque or with an inward and secret contempt.

A sudden bold and unexpected question doth many times surprise a man and lay him open.

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

He that hath knowledge spareth his words.

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

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

The pencil of the Holy Ghost hath labored more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon.

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.

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.

Life, an age to the miserable, and a moment to the happy.

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

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

Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.

For it is in giving that we receive.

It is in pardoning that we are pardoned.

If God can work through me, he can work through anyone.

Men lose all the material things they leave behind them in this world, but they carry with them the reward of their charity and the alms they give. For these, they will receive from the Lord the reward and recompense they deserve.

We should never desire to be over others. Instead, we ought to be servants who are submissive to every human being for God's sake.

Holy poverty confounds cupidity and avarice and the cares of this world.