Keep clear of courts: a homely life transcends The vaunted bliss of monarchs and their friends.
He will be loved when dead, who was envied when he was living.
Be this our wall of brass, to be conscious of having done no evil, and to grow pale at no accusation.
A portion of mankind take pride in their vices and pursue their purpose; many more waver between doing what is right and complying with what is wrong.
All men do not admire and delight in the same objects.
Take subject matter equal to your powers, and ponder long, what your shoulders cannot bear, and what they can.
The tendency of humanity is towards the forbidden.
Nothing is swifter than rumor.
If it is well with your belly, chest and feet - the wealth of kings can't give you more.
You traverse the world in search of happiness which is within the reach of every man. A contented mind confers it on all.
Patience lightens the burthen we cannot avert.
Those unacquainted with the world take pleasure in intimacy with great men; those who are wiser fear the consequences.
Force without reason falls of its own weight.
In vain will you fly from one vice if in your wilfulness you embrace another.
Envy is not to be conquered but by death.
We are more speedily and fatally corrupted by domestic examples of vice, and particularly when they are impressed on our minds as from authority.
Knowledge is the foundation and source of good writing. [Lat., Scibendi recte sapere est et principium et fons.]
If things look badly to-day they may look better tomorrow.
The human race afraid of nothing, rushes on through every crime.
Many shall be restored that now are fallen and many shall fall that now are in honor.
Fire, if neglected, will soon gain strength.
It is right for him who asks forgiveness for his offenses to grant it to others.
Joyful let the soul be in the present, let it disdain to trouble about what is beyond and temper bitterness with a laugh. Nothing is blessed forever.
When putting words together is good to do it with nicety and caution, your elegance and talent will be evident if by putting ordinary words together you create a new voice.
In going abroad we change the climate not our dispositions.
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