A fool and his words are soon parted.
From William Shenstone
A miser grows rich by seeming poor; an extravagant man grows poor by seeming rich.
A liar begins with making falsehood appear like truth, and ends with making truth itself appear like falsehood.
The proper means of increasing the love we bear our native country is to reside some time in a foreign one.
Zealous men are ever displaying to you the strength of their belief, while judicious men are showing you the grounds of it.
Every single instance of a friend's insincerity increases our dependence on the efficacy of money.
Jealousy is the fear or apprehension of superiority: envy our uneasiness under it.
The best time to frame an answer to the letters of a friend, is the moment you receive them. Then the warmth of friendship, and the intelligence received, most forcibly cooperate.
Anger is a great force. If you control it, it can be transmuted into a power which can move the whole world.
The world may be divided into people that read, people that write, people that think, and fox-hunters.
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