Put a bridle on thy tongue; set a guard before thy lips, lest the words of thine own mouth destroy thy peace... on much speaking cometh repentance, but in silence is safety.
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Of this fair volume which we world do name If we the sheets and leaves could turn with care.William Drummond
As we had no part of our will on our entrance into this life, we should not presume to any on our leaving it, but soberly learn to will which He wills.
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Sleep, Silence's child, sweet father of soft rest, Prince whose approach peace to all mortals brings Indifferent host to shepherds and kingsSole comforter to minds with grief opprest
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The last and greatest herald of Heaven's King, Girt with rough skins, hies to the deserts wild.
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He who dares not (reason), is a slave.
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I study myself more than any other subject; it is my metaphysic, and my physic.
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