"Lost time is never found again, and what we call time enough, always proves little enough."
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"He that waits upon fortune, is never sure of a dinner."
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"Doing an injury puts you below your enemy; revenging one make you but even with him; forgiving it sets you above him."
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"Bargaining has neither friends nor relations."
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"Fear not death; for the sooner we die, the longer shall we be immortal."
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"What signifies knowing the Names, if you know not the Natures of things."
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"I believe ... that the soul of man is immortal and will be treated with justice in another life, respecting its conduct in this."
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"Moses lifting up his wand, and dividing the Red Sea, and Pharaoh in his chariot overwhelmed with the waters. This motto: "Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.""
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"Gain may be temporary and uncertain; but ever while you live, expense is constant and certain: and it is easier to build two chimneys than to keep one in fuel."
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"'Tis more noble to forgive, and more manly to despise, than to revenge an Injury."
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"He's the best physician that knows the worthlessness of most medicines."
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"That there is one God, who made all things. That he governs the world by his providence. That he might be worshipped by adoration, prayer, and thanksgiving. But that the most acceptable service of God is doing good to Man. That the Soul is immortal. And that God will certainly reward virtue and punish vice, either here or hereafter."
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"Waste neither time nor money, but make the best use of both."
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"A good spouse and health is a person's best wealth."
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"A man must have a good deal of vanity who believes, and a good deal of boldness who affirms, that all the doctrines he holds are true, and all he rejects are false."
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"Moderation in all things - including moderation."
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"Presumption first blinds a man, then sets him a running."
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"Drive your business. Let not your business drive you."
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"Glass, China, and Reputation, are easily cracked, and never well mended."
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"So much for industry, my friends, and attention to one's own business; but to these we must add frugality if we would make our industry more certainly successful. A man may, if he knows not how to save as he gets, keep his nose all his life to the grindstone, and die not worth a grout at last."
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