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Because Mathematicians Frequently Make Use Of Time, They Ought To Have A Distinct Idea Of The Meaning Of That Word, Otherwise They Are Quacks.

Because Men Believe Not In Providence, Therefore They Do So Greedily Scrape And Hoard. They Do Not Believe In Any Reward For Charity, Therefore They Will Part With Nothing.

It Is Safe To Make A Choice Of Your Thoughts, Scarcely Ever Safe To Express Them All.

Upright Simplicity Is The Deepest Wisdom, And Perverse Craft The Merest Shallowness.

No Adversity Is In Kind Or Degree Peculiar To Us; But If We Survey The Conditions Of Other Men (of Our Brethren Everywhere, Of Our Neighbours All About Us), And Compare Our Case With Theirs, We Shall Find That We Have Many Consorts And Associates In Adversity, Most As Ill, Many Far Worse Bestead Than Ourselves; Whence It Must Be A Great Fondness And Perverseness To Be Displeased That We Are Not Exempted From, But Exposed To Bear A Share In The Common Troubles And Burdens Of Mankind.