They who place their affections on trifles at first for amusement, will find those trifles at last become their serious concern. Goldsmith.
They who play with the devil's rattles will be brought by degrees to wield his sword. Fuller.
They who pretend most to universal benevolence are either deceivers or dupes—men who desire to cover their private ill-nature by a pretended regard for all. Goldsmith.
They who resign life rather than part with 15 liberty do only a prudent action; but those who lay it down for friends and country do a heroic one. Steele.
They who resist indiscriminately all improvement as innovation, may find themselves compelled at last to submit to innovations although they are not improvements. Canning.
They who seek only for faults see nothing else. Pr.
They who sustain their cross shall likewise be sustained by it in return. Thomas à Kempis.
They who travel in pursuit of wisdom walk only in a circle, and, after all their labour, at last return to their pristine ignorance. Goldsmith.
They who want a farthing, and have no friend 20 that will lend them it, think farthings very good things. Goldsmith.
They who want money when they come to borrow, will always want money when they should come to pay. Goldsmith.