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The strong and the weak cannot keep company.
The hero is brave in deeds as well as words.
The smaller the mind the greater the conceit.
In a crisis, give help first and then advice.
The more you want, the more you stand to lose
The value is in the worth, not in the number.
Gentle persuasion succeeds where force fails.
Don't kill the goose that lays the golden egg.
Persuasion is often more effectual than force.
Avoid a remedy that is worse than the disease.
Better poverty without care, than riches with.
Do nothing without regard to the consequences.
Evil wishes, like chickens, come home to roost.
Being a good example teaches others to be good.
There is always someone worse off than yourself.
What's bred in the bone will stick to the flesh.
It is possible to have too much of a good thing.
Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.
He who plots to hurt others often hurts himself.
It is wise to turn circumstances to good account.
The least outlay is not always the greatest gain.
Those who seek to please everybody please nobody.
Every one is more or less master of his own fate.
It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.
A crust in comfort is better than a feast in fear.
He who shares the danger ought to share the prize.
Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth.
After all is said and done, more is said than done.
Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.
Don't be in a hurry to change one evil for another.
The greatest kindness will not bind the ungrateful.
Better a long life of toil than a short one of ease.
Our insignificance is often the cause of our safety.
Keep your place in life and your place will keep you
Don't put off for tomorrow what you should do today.
Contentment with our lot is an element of happiness.
Our mere anticipations of life outrun its realities.
We can easily represent things as we wish them to be.
Do not attempt to hide things which cannot be hidden.
It is foolish to try to imitate the skills of others.
Yield to all and you will soon have nothing to yield.
We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified.
Try as one may, it is impossible to deny one's nature
Every man should be content to mind his own business.
There can be little liking where there is no likeness.
The tyrant will always find a pretext for his tyranny.
He that is hard to please, may get nothing in the end.
The quarrels of friends are the opportunities of foes.
We should use our judgment before coming to a decision.
Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing.