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The rising unto place is laborious, and by pains men come to greater pains; and it is sometimes base, and by indignities men come to dignities.

I thought that I had no time for faith nor time to

To love truth for truth’s sake is the principal part of human perfection in this world

All rising to great place is by a winding stair; and if

Earthly minds, like mud walls, resist the strongest batteries; and though, perhaps,

..every Man has a Property in his own Person. This no Body

Thus the law of nature stands as an eternal rule to all

Long discourses, and philosophical readings, at best, amaze and confound, but do

The Commonwealth of Learning is not at this time without Master-Builders, whose

Defects and weakness in men’s understandings, as well as other faculties, come

Reason is natural revelation, whereby the eternal father of light, and fountain

A father would do well, as his son grows up, and is

The reason why men enter into society is the preservation of their property.

I attribute the little I know to my not having been ashamed to ask for information

He that will have his son have respect for him and his

Truth, like gold, is not less so for being newly brought out of the mine.

The only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it,

Affectation is an awkward and forced imitation of what should be genuine

If punishment reaches not the mind and makes not the will supple, it hardens the offender.