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Grief diminishes when it has nothing to grow upon.
He is the least in want who is the least covetous.
Nothing pleases which is not freshened by variety.
As men, we are all equal in the presence of death.
Even speed, when we are anxious, seems like delay.
Cruelty isn't softened by tears; it feeds on them.
Would you have a great empire? Rule over yourself.
It is a fraud to borrow what we are unable to pay.
It is sometimes expedient to forget what you know.
Shun an angry man for a moment-your enemy forever.
You should hammer your iron when it is glowing hot.
They pass peaceful lives who ignore mine and thine.
The evil you do to others you may expect in return.
Any plan is bad which is incapable of modification.
It is time, not the mind, that puts an end to love.
Tears gratify a savage nature, they do not melt it.
Reprove your friends in secret, praise them openly.
One ungrateful man injures all who need assistance.
Wisdom had rather be buffeted than not listened to.
The most delightful pleasures cloy without variety.
The wretched reflect either too much or too little.
Pain will force even the truthful to speak falsely.
Modest women choose a man by the mind, not the eye.
Mighty rivers can easily be leaped at their source.
Gain at the expense of reputation is manifest loss.
It is vain to look for a defense against lightning.
He can best avoid a snare who knows how to set one.
We may with advantage at times forget what we know.
Lovers know what they want, but not what they need.
A woman either loves or hates; she knows no medium.
Whom Fortune wishes to destroy she first makes mad.
Better to be ignorant of a matter than half know it.
Fortune is never satisfied with bringing one sorrow.
Divide the fire, and you will the sooner put it out.
A virtuous wife commands her husband by obeying him.
We should lay up in peace what we shall need in war.
It is a pitiful fortune that is not without enemies.
He who has plenty of pepper will pepper his cabbage.
An evil conscience is often quiet, but never secure.
The habitual living in prosperity is most injurious.
An end to our getting is the only end to our losses.
To forget the wrongs you receive, is to remedy them.
Every accusation against a fallen man gains credence.
No pleasure lasts long unless there is variety in it.
It is folly to censure him whom all the world adores.
Every one excels in something in which another fails.
No one ever lost his honor, except he who had it not.
Gain cannot be made without some other person's loss.
The future struggles that it may not become the past.
Each day should be passed as though it were our last.