I have often thought of it as one of the most barbarous customs in the world, considering us as a civilized and a Christian country, that we deny the advantages of learning to women.

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As covetousness is the root of all evil, so poverty is the worst of all...

As covetousness is the root of all evil, so poverty is the worst of all...

The best of men cannot suspend their fate: The good die early, and the bad...

The best of men cannot suspend their fate: The good die early, and the bad...

It is better to have a lion at the head of an army of sheep,...

It is better to have a lion at the head of an army of sheep,...

He that is rich is wise.

He that is rich is wise.

All our discontents about what we want appeared to spring from the want of thankfulness...

All our discontents about what we want appeared to spring from the want of thankfulness...

Necessity makes an honest man a knave.

Necessity makes an honest man a knave.

The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be polished,...

The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be polished,...

Justice is always violent to the party offending, for every man is innocent in his...

Justice is always violent to the party offending, for every man is innocent in his...

All men would be tyrants if they could.

All men would be tyrants if they could.

'Tis no sin to cheat the devil

'Tis no sin to cheat the devil

Wherever God erects a house of prayer, The Devil always builds a chapel there; And...

Wherever God erects a house of prayer, The Devil always builds a chapel there; And...

Pride the first peer and president of hell.

Pride the first peer and president of hell.

Justice is always violent to the party offending, for every man is innocent in his...

Justice is always violent to the party offending, for every man is innocent in his...

Vice came in always at the door of necessity, not at the door of inclination.

Vice came in always at the door of necessity, not at the door of inclination.

Nature has left this tincture in the blood, That all men would be tyrants if...

Nature has left this tincture in the blood, That all men would be tyrants if...

In trouble to be troubled, Is to have your trouble doubled.

In trouble to be troubled, Is to have your trouble doubled.

It is better to have a lion at the head of an army of sheep,...

It is better to have a lion at the head of an army of sheep,...

'Tis no sin to cheat the devil.

'Tis no sin to cheat the devil.