Synonym: just, merely, only, simply. Similar words: bat, bet, bug, butt, buy, cut, gut, nut. Meaning: [bʌt;bət]
adv. and nothing more.
121) If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certaintics. 

122) It is good to have money to buy things that money can buy,but it is better not to lose things money cannot buy. 

127) Habit is habit, and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step a time. 

128) That which is striking and beautiful is not always good, but that which is good is always beautiful. 

133) The value of culture is its effect on character. It avails nothing unless it ennobles and strengthens that,Its use is for life, Its aim is not beauty but goodness. 

135) If rich, it is easy enough to conceal our wealth, but, if poor, it is not so easy to conceal our poverty. We shall find it less difficult to hide a thousand guineas, than one hole in our coat. 

138) He is immortal 6, not because he alone among creatures has an inexhaustible 7voice, but because he has a soul, a spirit capable of compassion 8and sacrifice9 and endurance. 

140) Ideas are like the stars --- we never reach them, but like mariners, we chart our course by them. 

141) Don't part withyour illusions . When they are gone you may still exist , but you have ceased to live. 

143) Poverty is not a sufficient cause of disgrace, but poverty without resolution to help oneself is a disgrace. 

145) Education is a admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing worth knowing can be taught. 
