Nature hath given men one tongue but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak. Fragment
Look round at the courses of the stars, as if thou wert going along with them; and constantly consider the changes of the elements into one another; for such thoughts purge away the filth of the terrene life. Book VII
Many count their chickens before they are hatched; and where they expect bacon, meet with broken bones. Don Quixote
A lady, without a family, was the very best preserver of furniture in the world. Persuasion
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