Our present time is indeed a criticizing and critical time, hovering between the wish, and the inability to believe. Our complaints are like arrows shot up into the air at no target: and with no purpose they only fall back…

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Man's wisdom is his best friend; folly his worst enemy.

Man's wisdom is his best friend; folly his worst enemy.

The best rules to form a young man, are, to talk little, to hear much,...

The best rules to form a young man, are, to talk little, to hear much,...

When all is done, human life is, at the greatest and the best, but like...

When all is done, human life is, at the greatest and the best, but like...

Holland is a country, where the earth is better than the air, and profit more...

Holland is a country, where the earth is better than the air, and profit more...

When I pray, coincidences happen, and when I don't, they don't.

When I pray, coincidences happen, and when I don't, they don't.

Authority is by nothing so much strengthened and confirmed as by custom; for no man...

Authority is by nothing so much strengthened and confirmed as by custom; for no man...

The first glass is for myself, the second for my friends, the third for good...

The first glass is for myself, the second for my friends, the third for good...

I have always looked upon alchemy in natural philosophy to be like enthusiasm in divinity,...

I have always looked upon alchemy in natural philosophy to be like enthusiasm in divinity,...

Who ever converses among old books will be hard to please among the new.

Who ever converses among old books will be hard to please among the new.

The problem of evil... Why does God permit it? Or, if God is omnipotent, in...

The problem of evil... Why does God permit it? Or, if God is omnipotent, in...

The first ingredient in conversation is truth, the next good sense, the third good humor,...

The first ingredient in conversation is truth, the next good sense, the third good humor,...

No one ever was a great poet, that applied himself much to anything else.

No one ever was a great poet, that applied himself much to anything else.

There cannot live a more unhappy creature than an ill-natured old man, who is neither...

There cannot live a more unhappy creature than an ill-natured old man, who is neither...

You may keep your beauty and your health, unless you destroy them yourself, or discourage...

You may keep your beauty and your health, unless you destroy them yourself, or discourage...