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Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.

Beauties in vain their pretty eyes may roll; charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.

Behold the child, by Nature's kindly law pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.

Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed was the ninth beatitude.

A work of art that contains theories is like an object on which the price tag has been left.

And die of nothing but a rage to live.

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

They dream in courtship, but in wedlock wake.

Wit is the lowest form of humor.

Woman's at best a contradiction still.

'Tis education forms the common mind; just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.

Honor and shame from no condition rise. Act well your part: there all the honor lies.

Those move easiest who have learn'd to dance.

Nature and nature's laws lay hid in the night. God said, Let Newton be! and all was light!

Some old men, continually praise the time of their youth. In fact, you would almost think that there were no fools in their days, but unluckily they themselves are left as an example.