A Change of Fortune hurts a wise Man no more than a Change of the Moon.

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Mad Kings and mad Bulls are not to be held by treaties and packthread.

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When Knaves betray each other, one can scarce be blamed or the other pitied.

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He that would travel much, should eat little.

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'Tis a strange Forest that has no rotten Wood in 't And a strange Kindred that all are good in 't

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More carefully the holy book survey: Your rule is, you should watch as well as pray.

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When you're an Anvil, hold you still; when you're a Hammer, strike your fill.

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Friends are the true Scepters of Princes.

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A Ions Life may not be good enough, but a good Life is long enough.

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Pride gets into the Coach, and Shame mounts behind.

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Where Sense is wanting, everything is wanting.

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He that hath no Ill-Fortune will be troubled with Good.

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When the Wine enters, out goes the Truth.

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Many Princes sin with David, but few repent with him.

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The hasty Bitch brings forth blind Puppies.

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Praise little, dispraise less.

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You may give a Man an Office, but you cannot give him Discretion.

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He that doth what he should not, shall feel what he would not.

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To be intimate with a foolish Friend, is like going to Bed with a Razor.

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Little Rogues easily become great Ones.

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You may sometimes be much in the wrong, in owning your being in
the right.

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He is a Governor that governs his Passions, and he a Servant that serves them.

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Virtue may not always make a Face handsome, but Vice will certain make it ugly.

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Prodigality of Time produces Poverty of Mind as well as of Estate.

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The first Mistake in public Business, is the going into it.