Man must suffer to be wise.
The nobler a man, the harder it is for him to suspect inferiority in others.
No deceit is so veiled as that which lies concealed behind the semblance of courtesy.
I prefer tongue-tied knowledge to ignorant loquacity.
We should be as careful of our words as of our actions.
Man is his own worst enemy. [Lat., Nihil inimicius quam sibi ipse.]
What then is freedom? The power to live as one wishes.
Enjoy the blessing of strength while you have it and do not bewail it when it is gone, unless, forsooth, you believe that youth must lament the loss of infancy, or early manhood the passing of youth. Life's race-course is fixed; Nature has only a single path and that path is run but once, and to each stage of existence has been allotted its own appropriate quality; so that the weakness of childhood, the impetuosity of youth, the seriousness of middle life, the maturity of old age.. each bears some of Nature's fruit, which must be garnered in its own season.
If we lose affection and kindliness from our life: we lose all that gives it charm.
I prefer the most unfair peace to the most righteous war.
Sound conviction should influence us rather than public opinion.
No one dances sober, unless he is insane.
Before beginning, plan carefully.
The thirst of desire is never filled, nor fully satisfied.
Wisdom often exists under a shabby coat.
They are, all of them, born with raging fanaticism in their hearts, just as the Bretons and the Germans are born with blond hair. I would not be in the least bit surprised if these people would not some day become deadly to the human race.
Man was born for two things--thinking and acting.
Virtue is its own reward.
The false is nothing but an imitation of the true.
All places are filled with fools. [Lat., Stultorum plenea sunt omnia.]
There is no one who can give you wiser advice than you can give yourself: you will never make a slip, if you listen to your own heart.
Let us not listen to those who think we ought to be angry with our enemies, and who believe this to be great and manly. Nothing is so praiseworthy, nothing so clearly shows a great and noble soul, as clemency and readiness to forgive.
The rule of friendship means there should be mutual sympathy between them, each supplying what the other lacks and trying to benefit the other, always using friendly and sincere words.
Nothing is so secure as that money will not defeat it.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
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