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A man dies as often as he loses his friends.

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Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.

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Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried, or childless men.

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Friends are thieves of time.

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Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom.

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There is a wisdom in this beyond the rules of physic: a man's own observation what he finds good of and what he finds hurt of is the best physic to pr...more

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A man dies as often as he loses his friends.

"

Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried, or childless men.

"

Friends are thieves of time.

"

Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom.

"

There is a wisdom in this beyond the rules of physic: a man's own observation what he finds good of and what he finds hurt of is the best physic to pr...more