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"5085. 'Tis harder to unlearn than learn."
"5091. 'Tis Money, that begets Money."
"5115. 'Tis Self-Conceit, that makes Opinion obstinate."
"5118. 'Tis the early Bird, that catches the Worm."
"5120. 'Tis the last Feather, that breaks the Horse’s Back."
"5138. To believe a Business impossible, is the Way to make it so."
"5142. To cast Oyl into the Fire, is not the Way to quench it."
"5184. To him, that you tell your Secret, you resign your Liberty."
"5185. To hit the Nail on the Head."
"5187. To hold one's Nose to the Grind-stone."
"5188. To hold with the Hare, and run with the Hounds."
"5192. To kill two Birds with one Stone."
"5196. To leave no Stone unturn'd."
"5204. To make a Mountain of a Mole-hill."
"5210. To nourish a Viper in one's Bosom"
"5214. To pay one in ones own Coin."
"5222. To run the Wild-Goose Chace."
"5225. To seek a Needle in a Bottle of Hay."
"5235. To strain at a Knat, and swallow a Camel."
"5241. To take from the right Hand, and give to the Left."
"5243. To talk without thinking is to shoot without aiming."
"5263. Too much Familiarity breeds Contempt."
"5272. Travel makes a wise Man better, but a Fool worse."
"5278. Troy was not took in a Day."
"5286. Trust him no further than you can throw him."
"5291. Trust thy self only, and another shall not betray thee."
"5305. Truth loves to go naked."
"5306. Truth makes the Devil blush."
"5324. Two Dogs fight for a Bone, and a third runs away with it."
"5335. Two things a Man should never be angry at ; what he can help, and what he cannot help."
"5344. Valour would fight, but Discretion would run away."
"5354. Vice is its own Punishment, and sometimes its own Cure."
"5371. Virtue hath such Charms, that even the Vicious inwardly reverence it."
"5414. Want of Care does us more Damage than want of Knowledge."
"5423. Waste makes Want."
"5426. We are apt to believe what we wish for."
"5430. We are more mindful of Injuries than Benefits."
"5442. We have all forgot more, than we remember."
"5451. We never know the Worth of Water, till the Well is dry."
"5454. We seldom find out that we are flattered."
"5465. Weeds are apt to grow faster than good Herbs."
"5466. Weeds want no sowing."
"5481. What cannot be alter'd, must be borne, not blam’d."
"5485. What costs little, is less esteemed."
"5499. What is the Use of Patience, if we cannot find it when we want it?"
"5515. What's sowed in Youth, will be reaped in Age."
"5516. Whatsoever Time does, it undoes."
"5519. What the Eye sees not, the Heart rues not."
"5536. When a Man is set upon his own Ruin, 'tis in vain to reason with him."
"5542. When a Thing is done, Advice comes too late."