Don't show off every day, or you'll stop surprising people. There must always be some novelty left over. The person who displays a little more of it each day keeps up expectations, and no one ever discovers the limits of…

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Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he...

Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he...

A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.

A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.

Luck can be assisted. It is not all chance with the wise.

Luck can be assisted. It is not all chance with the wise.

A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.

A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.

Fortune pays you sometimes for the intensity of her favors by the shortness of their...

Fortune pays you sometimes for the intensity of her favors by the shortness of their...

Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the...

Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the...

He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much,...

He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much,...

When desire dies, fear is born.

When desire dies, fear is born.

Attempt easy tasks as if they were difficult, and difficult as if they were easy;...

Attempt easy tasks as if they were difficult, and difficult as if they were easy;...

Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.

Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.

To equal a predecessor, one must have twice they worth.

To equal a predecessor, one must have twice they worth.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation for integrity

A single lie destroys a whole reputation for integrity

Let the first impulse pass, wait for the second.

Let the first impulse pass, wait for the second.

He that communicates his secret to another makes himself that other's slave.

He that communicates his secret to another makes himself that other's slave.

I strive to be brief, and I become obscure.

I strive to be brief, and I become obscure.

Never participate in the secrets of those above you; you think you share the fruit,...

Never participate in the secrets of those above you; you think you share the fruit,...

Never open the door to the lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably slink...

Never open the door to the lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably slink...

Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is...

Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is...

I'm not that interested in fashion... When someone says that lime-green is the new black...

I'm not that interested in fashion... When someone says that lime-green is the new black...

He wears his faith but as the fashion of his hat.

He wears his faith but as the fashion of his hat.

Lawyers are the only persons in whom ignorance of the law is not punished.

Lawyers are the only persons in whom ignorance of the law is not punished.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but a little want of knowledge is also...

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but a little want of knowledge is also...