When all is done, human life is, at the greatest and the best, but like a froward child, that must be played with and humored a little to keep it quiet till it falls asleep, and then the care is…

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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...

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...

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...

Our present time is indeed a criticizing and critical time, hovering between the wish, and...

Our present time is indeed a criticizing and critical time, hovering between the wish, and...

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 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,...

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

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

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.

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.

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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,...