Even if you are on the right track, you will get run over if you just sit there.

Quote by John Ray

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He that preaches war is the devil's chaplain

He that preaches war is the devil's chaplain

Guilt is always jealous

Guilt is always jealous

Diseases are the tax on pleasures.

Diseases are the tax on pleasures.

Good words cool more than cold water.

Good words cool more than cold water.

Industry is fortune's right hand, and frugality its left.

Industry is fortune's right hand, and frugality its left.

Lean liberty is better than fat slavery

Lean liberty is better than fat slavery

In a thousand pounds of law there is not an ounce of love.

In a thousand pounds of law there is not an ounce of love.

Hell is paved with good intentions

Hell is paved with good intentions

Algebra is the metaphysics of arithmetic.

Algebra is the metaphysics of arithmetic.

Beauty is power; a smile is its sword.

Beauty is power; a smile is its sword.

The honester the man, the worse luck

The honester the man, the worse luck

Never meet trouble half-way.

Never meet trouble half-way.

Misery loves company.

Misery loves company.

Nothing is invented and perfected at the same time.

Nothing is invented and perfected at the same time.

Beauty is power; a smile is its sword.

Beauty is power; a smile is its sword.

True luck consists not in holding the best of the cards at the table; luckiest...

True luck consists not in holding the best of the cards at the table; luckiest...

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have

Love not the flower they pluck and know it not, And all their botany is...

Love not the flower they pluck and know it not, And all their botany is...

Writing is like getting married. One should never commit oneself until one is amazed at...

Writing is like getting married. One should never commit oneself until one is amazed at...

Luck never made a man wise.

Luck never made a man wise.