The best rules to form a young man, are, to talk little, to hear much, to reflect alone upon what has passed in company, to distrust one's own opinions, and value others that deserve it.

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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,...

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...

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...

When all is done, human life is, at the greatest and the best, but like...

When all is done, human life is, at the greatest and the best, but like...

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...

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.

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...

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.

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...

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,...

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.

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...

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...

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

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