“Many a man's strength is in opposition, and when he faileth, he grows out of use.”
Strength“He that gives good advice, builds with one hand he that gives good counsel and example, builds with both but he that gives good admonition and bad example, builds with one hand and pulls down with the other.”
Good“Many a man's strength is in opposition, and when he faileth, he grows out of use.”
Strength“Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not a sense of humor to console him for what he is.”
Humor“I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am.”
Age“He that hath knowledge spareth his words.”
Knowledge“He that gives good advice, builds with one hand he that gives good counsel and example, builds with both but he that gives good admonition and bad example, builds with one hand and pulls down with the other.”
Good“Nothing doth more hurt in a state than that cunning men pass for wise.”
Men“Truth emerges more readily from error than from confusion.”
Truth“God hangs the greatest weights upon the smallest wires.”
God“Things alter for the worse spontaneously, if they be not altered for the better designedly.”
Change“A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion.”
Men“I do not believe that any man fears to be dead, but only the stroke of death.”
Death“Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark and as that natural fear in children is increased by tales, so is the other.”
Death“The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses.”
Men“There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion.”
Beauty“A bachelor's life is a fine breakfast, a flat lunch, and a miserable dinner.”
Life“But men must know, that in this theatre of man's life it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers on.”
God“Life, an age to the miserable, and a moment to the happy.”
Age“He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils for time is the greatest innovator.”
Change“Money is like manure, of very little use except it be spread.”
Money“The subtlety of nature is greater many times over than the subtlety of the senses and understanding.”
Nature