Of all the marvellous works of the Deity, perhaps 35 there is nothing that angels behold with such supreme astonishment as a proud man. Colton.
Of all the passions that possess mankind, / The love of novelty rules most the mind; / In search of this, from realm to realm we roam, / Our fleets come fraught with every folly home. Foote.
Of all the possessions of a man, next to the gods, his soul is the mightiest, being the most his own. Plato.
Of all the pulpits from which human voice is ever sent forth, there is none from which it reaches so far as from the grave. Ruskin.
Of all the superstitions which infest the brains of weak mortals, the belief in prophecies, presentiments, and dreams, seems to me amongst the most pitiful and pernicious. Goethe.
Of all the tyrants that the world affords, / Our 40 own affections are the fiercest lords. E. Stirling.
Of all thieves, fools are the worst; they rob you of time and temper. Goethe.
Of all things, knowledge is esteemed the most precious treasure; because of its incapacity to be stolen, to be given away, or even to be consumed. Hitopadesa.
Of all those arts in which the wise excel, / Nature's chief masterpiece is writing well. Duke of Buckingham.
Of all wild beasts, preserve me from a tyrant; and of all tame, a flatterer. Ben Jonson.