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The cord breaketh at last by the weakest pull.

Riches are a good handmaiden, but the worst mistress.

Wives are young men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses.

The wisdom of our ancestors.

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

Wives are young men's mistresses; companions for middle age; and old men's nurses.

Words, as a Tartar's bow, do not shoot back upon the understanding of the wisest, and mightily entangle and pervert the judgment.

Young men are fitter to invent than to judge; fitter for execution than for counsel; and fitter for new projects than for settled business.

Young people are fitter to invent than to judge; fitter for execution than for counsel; and more fit for new projects than for settled business.