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A bad manner spoils everything, even reason and justice; a good one su...  
A beautiful woman should break her mirror early.  
A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.  
A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends...  
Aspire rather to be a hero than merely appear one.  
At twenty a man is a peacock, at thirty a lion, at forty a camel, at f...  
Attempt easy tasks as if they were difficult, and difficult as if they...  
Begin with another's to end with your own.  
Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.  
Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a ...   Dreams
Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is wi...  
Fortune pays you sometimes for the intensity of her favors by the shor...  
Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.  
Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new ...  
Have friends. 'Tis a second existence.  
He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage ...  
He that communicates his secret to another makes himself that other's ...  
He that has satisfied his thirst turns his back on the well.  
Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one.  
I strive to be brief, and I become obscure.  
It is a great piece of skill to know how to guide your luck even while...  
It is better to have too much courtesy than too little, provided you a...  
It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them a...  
It is good to vary in order that you may frustrate the curious, especi...  
Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though e...  
Let the first impulse pass, wait for the second.  
Luck can be assisted. It is not all chance with the wise.  
Many have had their greatness made for them by their enemies.  
Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best; for that we must have rec...  
Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose.  
Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything...  
Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.  
Never open the door to the lesser evil, for other and greater ones inv...  
Nothing arouses ambition so much in the heart as the trumpet-clang of ...  
One must pass through the circumference of time before arriving at the...  
Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.  
The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause.  
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.  
There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one.  
There is none who cannot teach somebody something, and there is none s...  
Things do not pass for what they are, but for what they seem. Most thi...  
To be at ease is better than to be at business. Nothing really belongs...  
To equal a predecessor, one must have twice they worth.  
To oblige persons often costs little and helps much.  
True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.  
Watchfulness is the only guard against cunning. Be intent on his inten...  
When desire dies, fear is born.