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"Those who govern, having much business on their hands, do not generally like to take the trouble of considering and carrying into execution new projects. The best public measures are therefore seldom adopted from previous wisdom, but forced by the occasion."
"In every animal that walks upright, the deficiency of the Fluids that fill the Muscles appears first in the highest Part: The Face first grows lank and wrinkled; then the neck; then the breast and arms; the lower parts continuing to the last as plump as ever; so that covering all above with a basket, and regarding only what is below the girdle, it is impossible of two women to know an old from a young one."
"A man separated from his reflective belt is no man at all."
"Make no expense but to do good to others or yourself."
"Here Skugg lies snug As a bug in a rug."
"A fat kitchin, a lean Will."
"Use now and then a little Exercise a quarter of an Hour before Meals, as to swing a Weight, or swing your Arms about with a small Weight in each Hand; to leap, or the like, for that stirs the Muscles of the Breast."
"He that sells upon Credit expects to lose 5 per Cent. By bad Debts; therefore he charges, on all he sells upon Credit, an Advance that shall make up that Deficiency."
"Do not, however, mistake me. It is not to my good friend's heresy that I impute his honesty. On the contrary, 'tis his honesty that brought upon him the character of a heretic."
"There is much money given to be laughed at, though the purchasers don't know it; witness A.'s fine horse, and B.'s fine house."
"No better relation than a prudent and faithful friend."
"The riches of a country are to be valued by the quantity of labor its inhabitants are able to purchase, and not by the quantity of silver and gold they possess; which will purchase more or less labor, and therefore is more or less valuable, as is said before, according to its scarcity or plenty."
"Christians are directed to have faith in Christ, as the effectual means of obtaining the change they desire."
"Notwithstanding my experiments with electricity the thunderbolt continues to fall under our noses and beards; and as for the tyrant, there are a million of us still engaged at snatching away his sceptre."
"Epitaph on a scolding wife by her husband: Here my poor Bridget's corpse doth lie, she is at rest - and so am I!"
"Great Modesty often hides great Merit."
"By diligence and patience, the mouse bit in two the cable."
"A wicked Hero will turn his back to an innocent coward."
"If Pride leads the Van, Beggary brings up the Rear."
"He that speaks ill of the mare will buy her."