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The wish for healing has always been half of health.
Great grief does not of itself put an end to itself.
Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.
The approach of liberty makes even an old man brave.
Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.
Every man prefers belief to the exercise of judgment.
The deferring of anger is the best antidote to anger.
When I think over what I have said, I envy dumb people.
The mind that is anxious about the future is miserable.
He that does good to another does good also to himself.
A person's fears are lighter when the danger is at hand.
A well governed appetite is the greater part of liberty.
Poverty wants some, luxury many, and avarice all things.
Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.
Slavery takes hold of few, but many take hold of slavery.
Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last.
The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it.
It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.
Constant exposure to dangers will breed contempt for them.
A punishment to some, to some a gift, and to many a favor.
You must live for another if you wish to live for yourself.
The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned.
He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it.
Let us train our minds to desire what the situation demands.
Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing.
No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness.
A happy life is one which is in accordance with its own nature.
A sword never kills anybody; it is a tool in the killer's hand.
When we are well, we all have good advice for those who are ill.
The first step in a person's salvation is knowledge of their sin.
Those who boast of their descent, brag on what they owe to others.
The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity.
Night brings our troubles to the light, rather than banishes them.
Death is the wish of some, the relief of many, and the end of all.
Anger is like those ruins which smash themselves on what they fall.
Nothing is void of God, his work is everywhere his full of himself.
I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.
If a man knows not what harbor he seeks, any wind is the right wind.
It is better, of course, to know useless things than to know nothing.
It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it.
The heart is great which shows moderation in the midst of prosperity.
That is never too often repeated, which is never sufficiently learned.
Brave men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.
It is the failing of youth not to be able to restrain its own violence.
If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.
Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.
A man who suffers before it is necessary, suffers more than is necessary.
A large part of mankind is angry not with the sins, but with the sinners.
The first and greatest punishment of the sinner is the conscience of sin.
So live with men as if God saw you and speak to God, as if men heard you.