In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.

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Writing is hard work and bad for the health.

Writing is hard work and bad for the health.

Of manners gentle, of affections mild; In wit a man, simplicity a child

Of manners gentle, of affections mild; In wit a man, simplicity a child

Coffee which makes the politician wise, and see through all things with his half-shut eyes

Coffee which makes the politician wise, and see through all things with his half-shut eyes

The most positive men are the most credulous.

The most positive men are the most credulous.

A God without dominion, providence, and final causes, is nothing else but fate and nature.

A God without dominion, providence, and final causes, is nothing else but fate and nature.

The vulgar boil, the learned roast, an egg.

The vulgar boil, the learned roast, an egg.

Lo, what huge heaps of littleness around!

Lo, what huge heaps of littleness around!

Act well your part, there all the honour lies.

Act well your part, there all the honour lies.

And die of nothing but a rage to live.

And die of nothing but a rage to live.

Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.

Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.

Of Manners gentle, of Affections mild; In Wit a man; Simplicity, a child.

Of Manners gentle, of Affections mild; In Wit a man; Simplicity, a child.

The greatest magnifying glasses in the world are a man's own eyes when they look...

The greatest magnifying glasses in the world are a man's own eyes when they look...

On wrongs swift vengeance waits.

On wrongs swift vengeance waits.

I find myself hoping a total end of all the unhappy divisions of mankind by...

I find myself hoping a total end of all the unhappy divisions of mankind by...

'Tis not enough your counsel still be true; Blunt truths more mischief than nice falsehoods...

'Tis not enough your counsel still be true; Blunt truths more mischief than nice falsehoods...

Who shall decide when doctors disagree, And soundest casuists doubt, like you and me?

Who shall decide when doctors disagree, And soundest casuists doubt, like you and me?

True, conscious honor is to feel no sin, he's armed without that's innocent within; be...

True, conscious honor is to feel no sin, he's armed without that's innocent within; be...

Philosophy is the science which considers truth

Philosophy is the science which considers truth

The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.

The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.

But such is the irresistable nature of truth, that all it asks, and all it...

But such is the irresistable nature of truth, that all it asks, and all it...