The patient is not likely to recover who makes the doctor his heir.

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'Tis skill, not strength, that governs a ship.

'Tis skill, not strength, that governs a ship.

Let him who expects one class of society to prosper into highest degree, while the...

Let him who expects one class of society to prosper into highest degree, while the...

A good conscience is the best divinity

A good conscience is the best divinity

Health is not valued till sickness comes.

Health is not valued till sickness comes.

What a Day may bring a Day may take away.

What a Day may bring a Day may take away.

Accusing the times is but excusing ourselves

Accusing the times is but excusing ourselves

He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself; for...

He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself; for...

A man is not good or bad for one action.

A man is not good or bad for one action.

Money is the best bait to fish for man with.

Money is the best bait to fish for man with.

Thou ought to be nice, even to superstition, in keeping thy promises, and therefore equally...

Thou ought to be nice, even to superstition, in keeping thy promises, and therefore equally...

Cruelty is a tyrant that's always attended with fear.

Cruelty is a tyrant that's always attended with fear.

Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it

Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it

A good friend is my nearest relation.

A good friend is my nearest relation.

A gift, with a kind countenance, is a double present.

A gift, with a kind countenance, is a double present.

There is nothing that so much gratifies an ill tongue as when it finds an...

There is nothing that so much gratifies an ill tongue as when it finds an...

Learning hath gained most by those books by which the printers have lost.

Learning hath gained most by those books by which the printers have lost.

If you would have a good wife, marry one who has been a good daughter.

If you would have a good wife, marry one who has been a good daughter.

Learning hath gained most by those books by which printers have lost.

Learning hath gained most by those books by which printers have lost.

Old books, you know well, are books of the world's youth, and new books are...

Old books, you know well, are books of the world's youth, and new books are...

Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were written.

Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were written.