No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.
The smaller the mind the greater the conceit.
Every man carries two bags about him, one in front and one behind, and both are full of faults. The bag in front contains his neighbors' faults, the one behind his own. Hence it is that men do not see their own faults, but never fail to see those of others.
Don't neglect the future in times of plenty, for tomorrow you may need what you wasted today.
The grateful heart will always find opportunities to show its gratitude.
All men are more concerned to recover what they lose than to acquire what they lack.
Zeal should not outrun discretion.
Be content with what nature made you, or run the risk of earning contempt by trying to be what you're not.
Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.
Better to starve free than be a fat slave
A man is known by the company he keeps
It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.
In a crisis, give help first and then advice.
Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth.
Acquaintance softens prejudice.
Those who voluntarily put power into the hands of a tyrant ... must not wonder if it be at last turned against themselves.
The tyrant will always find a pretext for his tyranny.
A farmer who had a quarrelsome family called his sons and told them to lay a bunch of sticks before him. Then, after laying the sticks parallel to one another and binding them, he challenged his sons, one after one, to pick up the bundle and break it. They all tried, but in vain. Then, untying the bundle, he gave them the sticks to break one by one. This they did with the greatest ease. Then said the father, "Thus, my sons, as long as you remain united, you are a match for anything, but differ and separate, and you are undone".
Kindness is more persuasive than force.
He is not to be trusted as a friend who illtreats his own family.
Do nothing without regard to the consequences.
Pride goes before destruction.
If you choose bad companions, no one will believe that you are anything but bad yourself.
Facts speak plainer than words
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