It is the work of fancy to enlarge, but of judgment to shorten and contract; and therefore this must be as far above the other as judgment is a greater and nobler faculty than fancy or imagination.

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Let a man be but in earnest in praying against a temptation as the tempter...

Let a man be but in earnest in praying against a temptation as the tempter...

Abstinence is the great strengthener and clearer of reason.

Abstinence is the great strengthener and clearer of reason.

An obstacle is often an unrecognized opportunity

An obstacle is often an unrecognized opportunity

Anger is a transient hatred; or at least very like it.

Anger is a transient hatred; or at least very like it.

An Aristotle was but the rubbish of an Adam, and Athens but the rudiments of...

An Aristotle was but the rubbish of an Adam, and Athens but the rudiments of...

Speech was given to the ordinary sort of men, whereby to communicate their mind; but...

Speech was given to the ordinary sort of men, whereby to communicate their mind; but...

God expects from men something more than at such times, and that it were much...

God expects from men something more than at such times, and that it were much...

The mind begins to boggle at unnatural substances as things paradoxical and incomprehensible.

The mind begins to boggle at unnatural substances as things paradoxical and incomprehensible.

Folly enlarges men's desires while it lessens their capacities.

Folly enlarges men's desires while it lessens their capacities.

Loquacity storms the ear, but modesty takes the heart.

Loquacity storms the ear, but modesty takes the heart.

Similes prove nothing, but yet greatly lighten and relieve the tedium of argument.

Similes prove nothing, but yet greatly lighten and relieve the tedium of argument.

Defeat should never be a source of discouragement but rather a fresh stimulus.

Defeat should never be a source of discouragement but rather a fresh stimulus.

The seven wise men of Greece, so famous for their wisdom all the world over,...

The seven wise men of Greece, so famous for their wisdom all the world over,...

Innocence is like polished armor; it adorns and defends

Innocence is like polished armor; it adorns and defends

Problems can become opportunities when the right people come together.

Problems can become opportunities when the right people come together.

God afflicts with the mind of a father, and kills for no other purpose but...

God afflicts with the mind of a father, and kills for no other purpose but...

In all worldly things that a man pursues with the greatest eagerness he finds not...

In all worldly things that a man pursues with the greatest eagerness he finds not...

Novelty is the great parent of pleasure

Novelty is the great parent of pleasure

Novelty has charms that our minds can hardly withstand

Novelty has charms that our minds can hardly withstand

The essence of pleasure is spontaneity

The essence of pleasure is spontaneity