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"'Tis an old saying, the Devil lurks behind the cross. All is not gold that glitters. From the tail of the plough, Bamba was made King of Spain; and from his silks and riches was Rodrigo cast to be devoured by the snakes."

"A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience."

"When thou art at Rome, do as they do at Rome."

"That's the nature of women, not to love when we love them, and to love when we love them not."

"Our hours in love have wings; in absence, crutches."

"There is also this benefit in brag, that the speaker is unconsciously expressing his own ideal. Humor him by all means, draw it all out, and hold him to it."

"Liberty, as well as honor, man ought to preserve at the hazard of his life, for without it life is insupportable."

"Forewarned, forearmed; to be prepared is half the victory."

"For if he like a madman lived, At least he like a wise one died."

"Be a terror to the butchers, that they may be fair in their weight; and keep hucksters and fraudulent dealers in awe, for the same reason."

"Too much sanity may be madness and the maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be."

"To be prepared is half the victory."

"Drink moderately, for drunkeness neither keeps a secret, nor observes a promise."

"The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application."

"Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our deeds."

"One man scorned and covered with scars still strove with his last ounce of courage to reach the unreachable stars; and the world will be better for this."

"For a man to attain to an eminent degree in learning costs him time, watching, hunger, nakedness, dizziness in the head, weakness in the stomach, and other inconveniences."

"Every man is as God made him, ay, and often worse."

"From reading too much, and sleeping too little, his brain dried up on him and he lost his judgment."

"Truth indeed rather alleviates than hurts, and will always bear up against falsehood, as oil does above water."

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