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An angry father is most cruel towards himself.
What is done hastily cannot be done prudently.
A good reputation is more valuable than money.
No one reaches a high position without daring.
Life is short, but its ills make it seem long.
It is only the ignorant who despise education.
It is well to moor your bark with two anchors.
Hares can gambol over the body of a dead lion.
He confesses his crime who flees the tribunal.
He doubly benefits the needy who gives quickly.
Money does not sate Avarice, but stimulates it.
He who lives in solitude may make his own laws.
A disorderly patient makes the physician cruel.
There are some remedies worse than the disease.
Do not turn back when you are just at the goal.
All delay is irksome, but it teaches us wisdom.
He who leaves a fault unpunished invites crime.
When innocence trembles, it condemns the judge.
It matters not how long you live, but how well.
Even when the wound is healed the scar remains.
To lose a friend is the greatest of all losses.
Suspicion is ever strong on the suffering side.
The weeping of an heir is laughter in disguise.
A wise man never refuses anything to necessity.
Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.
The highest condition takes rise in the lowest.
Even when there is no law, there is conscience.
A hasty judgment is a first step to recantation.
God looks at the clean hands, not the full ones.
The anger of lovers renews the strength of love.
Every rumor is believed against the unfortunate.
It is a bad plan that admits of no modification.
Agreement is made more precious by disagreement.
He sleeps well who knows not that he sleeps ill.
Never find your delight in another's misfortune.
A small loan makes a debt; a great one an enemy.
A gift in season is a double favor to the needy.
Fortune makes many loans, but gives no presents.
It is not every question that deserves an answer.
Any one can hold the helm when the seas are calm.
A homely woman is one of the most comely of apes.
He who fears his servants is less than a servant.
To love is a pleasure of youth, a sin in old age.
It is more tolerable to be refused than deceived.
To die at the command of another is to die twice.
Treat your friend as if he might become an enemy.
All delay is helpful, but it does produce wisdom.
Ready tears are a sign of treachery, not of grief
Amid a multitude of projects, no plan is devised.
When Gold argues the cause, eloquence is impotant.