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Gilbert White·1789

These circumstances, trivial as they may seem, have their importance; since without them we could never have come to any certainty.

Benjamin Franklin·1745

Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship.

Napoleon Bonaparte·1800

All great events hang by a hair. The man of ability takes advantage of everything and neglects nothing that can give him a chance of success; whilst the less able man sometimes loses everything by neglecting a single one of those chances.