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The buyers of jewelry always suspect the quality of such ware.

Innocence always follows the guidance of its own light.

Suspicion of the worth is a secret injustice done them.

We rarely incur danger by silence.

Avarice is as destitute of what it has, as what is has not.

Suspicion begets suspicion.

A suspicious mind distrusts the whole world.

He knows not when to be silent, who knows not when to speak.

Taciturnity is the dunce's wisdom.

As long as man is ignorant, so long he should be a learner.

He is much to be dreaded who stands in dread of poverty.

Timidity styles itself caution; stinginess frugality.

Sweet is the grievance when pleasure defers to profit.

Do not water your neighbor's fields when your own are parched. That is, do not be too anxious for the souls of the heathen in India so long as there is no provision made for the heathen in Virginia.</