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A man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own
heart, his next to escape the read more
A man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own
heart, his next to escape the censures of the world.
Is the sun dimmed, that gnats do fly in it?
Is the sun dimmed, that gnats do fly in it?
Beware the fury of a patient man.
Beware the fury of a patient man.
He that knowes nothing, doubts nothing.
He that knowes nothing, doubts nothing.
Everyone has his besetting sin.
Everyone has his besetting sin.
The mind that is anxious about the future is miserable.
[Lat., Calamitosus est animus futuri anxius.]
The mind that is anxious about the future is miserable.
[Lat., Calamitosus est animus futuri anxius.]
An old friend is a new house.
An old friend is a new house.
Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient
for me.
Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient
for me.
A burthen cheerfully borne becomes light.
A burthen cheerfully borne becomes light.
