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

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Believe not much them that seem to despise riches, for they despise them that despair of them.

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Praise from the common people is generally false, and rather follows the vain that the virtuous.

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Read not to contradict and confute... nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider.

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Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes.

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

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

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Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable.

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The desire of excessive power caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge caused men to fall.

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The subtlety of nature is greater many times over than the subtlety of the senses and understanding.

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