A child is owed the greatest respect; if you have ever have something disgraceful in mind, don't ignore your son's tender years.

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I wish it, I command it. Let my will take the place of a reason.

I wish it, I command it. Let my will take the place of a reason.

Nature, in giving tears to man, confessed that he had a tender heart; this is...

Nature, in giving tears to man, confessed that he had a tender heart; this is...

Revenge is always the weak pleasure of a little and narrow mind

Revenge is always the weak pleasure of a little and narrow mind

The traveller with empty pockets will sing in the thief 's face.

The traveller with empty pockets will sing in the thief 's face.

Wisdom to be sure is the great conqueror of Fortune, giving precepts in its sanctified...

Wisdom to be sure is the great conqueror of Fortune, giving precepts in its sanctified...

It is sheer madness to live in want in order to be wealthy when you...

It is sheer madness to live in want in order to be wealthy when you...

No one ever reached the worst of a vice at one leap.

No one ever reached the worst of a vice at one leap.

All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.

All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.

This is his first punishment, that by the verdict of his own heart no guilty...

This is his first punishment, that by the verdict of his own heart no guilty...

Yes, know thyself: in great concerns or small, Be this thy care, for this, my...

Yes, know thyself: in great concerns or small, Be this thy care, for this, my...

It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.

It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.

Poverty is bitter, but it has no harder pang than that it makes men ridiculous.

Poverty is bitter, but it has no harder pang than that it makes men ridiculous.

Our virtues are most frequently but vices disguised.

Our virtues are most frequently but vices disguised.

Hold it the greatest sin to prefer existence to honor, and for the sake of...

Hold it the greatest sin to prefer existence to honor, and for the sake of...

All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.

All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.

For women's tears are but the sweat of eyes.

For women's tears are but the sweat of eyes.

Wisdom is the winner over good luck

Wisdom is the winner over good luck

I have yet to be in a game where luck was involved. Well-prepared players make...

I have yet to be in a game where luck was involved. Well-prepared players make...

Nothing is as obnoxious as other people's luck.

Nothing is as obnoxious as other people's luck.

I think most of the people involved in any art always secretly wonder whether they...

I think most of the people involved in any art always secretly wonder whether they...

To understand something properly, we need to know it a little more; but to know...

To understand something properly, we need to know it a little more; but to know...