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As for me, all I know is that I know nothing.

Wit is a dangerous weapon, even to the possessor, if he knows not how to use it discreetly.

Those who create are rare; those who cannot are numerous. Therefore, the latter are stronger.

Sweet are the uses of adversity which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, wears yet a precious jewel in his head.

If God had sufficient wisdom and power to construct such a beautiful world as this, then we must admit that his wisdom and power are immeasurably greater than that of man, and hence he is qualified to reign as king.

The age of a woman doesn’t mean a thing. The best tunes are played on the oldest fiddles.

How many things there are concerning which we might well deliberate whether we had better know them.

Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it.

Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course.

We are wiser than we know.