The beginning of wisdom is to look fixedly on clothes (i.e. symbols), till they become transparent. Carlyle.
The being whose strength exceeds its necessities 25 is strong; the being whose necessities exceed its strength is feeble. Rousseau.
The bell strikes one. We take no note of time / But for its loss. Young.
The belly is chains to the hands and fetters to the feet. He who is a slave to his belly seldom worships God. Saadi.
The beloved of the Almighty are the rich who have the humility of the poor, and the poor who have the magnanimity of the rich. Saadi.
The benefactors of mankind are those who grumble to the best purpose. Grumbling has raised man from the condition of the gorilla to that of the judge on the bench of justice. John Wagstaffe.
The benevolent heart will not solicit, but command 30 our reverence and applause. Arliss.
The benevolent person is always by preference busy on the essentially bad. Carlyle.
The best advice is, Follow good advice and hold old age in highest honour. Goethe.
The best architecture is the expression of the mind of manhood by the hands of childhood. Ruskin.