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“Get the facts, or the facts will get you. And when you get em, get em right, or they will get you wrong.”
“A drinker has a hole under his nose that all his money runs into.”
“Travel makes a wise man better, and a fool worse.”
“Better one's House be too little one day than too big all the Year after.”
“Prayer: the key of the day and the lock of the night.”
“Slight small injuries, and they will become none at all.”
“He that plants trees loves others besides himself.”
“No man can be happy without a friend, nor be sure of his friend till he is unhappy.”
“Abused patience turns to fury.”
“Men are more prone to revenge injuries than to requite kindness.”
“We have all forgot more than we remember.”
“A wise man turns chance into good fortune.”
“Many would be cowards if they had courage enough.”
“All doors open to courtesy.”
“Great is the difference betwixt a man's being frightened at, and humbled for his sins.”
“We ought to see far enough into a hypocrite to see even his sincerity.”
“He's my friend that speaks well of me behind my back.”
“An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between great men and little men.”
“A conservative believes nothing should be done for the first time.”
“A man is not good or bad for one action.”