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Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.

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God hangs the greatest weights upon the smallest wires.

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Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried, or childless men.

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There is a wisdom in this beyond the rules of physic: a man's own observation what he finds good of and what he finds hurt of is the best physic to pr...more

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He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils for time is the greatest innovator.

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Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.

"

God hangs the greatest weights upon the smallest wires.

"

There is a wisdom in this beyond the rules of physic: a man's own observation what he finds good of and what he finds hurt of is the best physic to pr...more

"

He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils for time is the greatest innovator.