Great is the difference betwixt a man's being frightened at, and humbled for his sins.
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The more wit the less courage.
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A man in passion rides a horse that runs away with him.
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He that plants trees loves others beside himself.
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We are born crying, live complaining, and die disappointed.
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Judge of thine improvement, not by what thou speakest or writest, but by the firmness of thy mind, and the government of thy passions and affections.
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Today is yesterday's pupil.
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There is a scarcity of friendship, but not of friends.
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A good horse should be seldom spurred.
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The devil himself is good when he is pleased.
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Charity begins at home, but should not end there.
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One that would have the fruit must climb the tree.
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Memory depends very much on the perspicuity, regularity, and order of our thoughts. Many complain of the want of memory, when the defect is in the judgment; and others, by grasping at all, retain nothing.
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He is not poor that hath not much, but he that craves much.
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Change of weather is the discourse of fools.
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With foxes we must play the fox.
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The fool wanders, a wise man travels.
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Abused patience turns to fury.
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Thou ought to be nice, even to superstition, in keeping thy promises, and therefore equally cautious in making them.
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Better a tooth out than always aching.
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He that falls into sin is a man; that grieves at it, is a saint; that boasteth of it, is a devil.
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Two things a man should never be angry at: what he can help, and what he cannot help.
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He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself; for every man has need to be forgiven.
Forgiveness
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Act nothing in a furious passion. It's putting to sea in a storm.
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A man is not good or bad for one action.
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A little skill in antiquity inclines a man to Popery.
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Bad excuses are worse than none.
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A man in passion rides a horse that runs away with him
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If you have one true friend you have more than your share.
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Learning hath gained most by those books by which the printers have lost.
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