"Dispose thy Soul to all good and necessary things!"

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“It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.”

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“When going to the temple to adore Divinity neither say nor do any thing in the interim pertaining to the common affairs of life.”

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