A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.

A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.

Sense is our helmet, wit is but the plume;
The plume exposes, 'tis our helmet saves.
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Sense is our helmet, wit is but the plume;
The plume exposes, 'tis our helmet saves.
Sense is the diamond, weighty, solid, sound;
When cut by wit, it casts a brighter beam;
Yet, wit apart, it is a diamond still.

'Tis use alone that sanctifies expense
And splendor borrow all her rays from sense.

'Tis use alone that sanctifies expense
And splendor borrow all her rays from sense.

Take care of the sense and the sounds will take care of
themselves.

Take care of the sense and the sounds will take care of
themselves.

If Poverty is the Mother of Crimes, want of Sense is the Father.

If Poverty is the Mother of Crimes, want of Sense is the Father.

Huzzaed out of my seven senses.

Huzzaed out of my seven senses.

He had used the work in its Pickwickian sense . . . he had merely
considered him a humbug read more

He had used the work in its Pickwickian sense . . . he had merely
considered him a humbug in a Pickwickian point of view.

Whate'er in her Horizon doth appear,
She is one Orb of Sense, all Eye, all aiery Ear.

Whate'er in her Horizon doth appear,
She is one Orb of Sense, all Eye, all aiery Ear.

Sensible people find nothing useless.
[Fr., Il n'est rien d'inutile aux personnes de sens.]

Sensible people find nothing useless.
[Fr., Il n'est rien d'inutile aux personnes de sens.]