"Tis a well spent penny that saves a groat."
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"Pride gets into the Coach, and Shame mounts behind."
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"Don't overload Gratitude; if you do, she'll kick."
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"Friends are the true Sceptres of Princes."
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"Strange secrets are let out by Death Who blabs so oft the follies of this world."
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"The States acceded to the Union."
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"A wolf eats sheep but now and then, ten Thousands are devour'd by Men."
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"Prayers and Provender hinder no Journey."
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"A greater Quantity of some things may be eaten than of others, some being of lighter Digestion than others."
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"I guess I don't so much mind being old, as I mind being fat and old."
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"You have two choices, write about something of significance or do something someone wants to write about."
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"People want to catch a buzz. That is why drugs are illegal, yet people still try to get their hands on them no matter what the consequence. Drugs make us happy, they may not be healthy."
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"The greatest inventions are those inquiries which tend to increase the power of man over matter."
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"The pleasures of this world are rather from God's goodness than our own merit."
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"If you want to be rich, think of the savings and get them."
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"It is the duty of mankind on all suitable occasions to acknowledge their dependence on the Divine Being."
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"Often I sit up in my room reading the greatest part of the night, when the book was borrowed in the evening and to be returned early in the morning, lest it should be missed or wanted."
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"Necessity is our quickest excuse."
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"It might be judged an affront to your understanding should I go about to prove this first principle; the existence of a Diety and that He is the Creator of the universe, for that would suppose you ignorant of what all mankind in all ages have agreed in."
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"On second thought, it's a good thing love is blind otherwise it would see too much."
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