A hasty judgment is a first step to recantation.

Quote by Publilius Syrus

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It is kindness to immediately refuse what you intend to deny.

It is kindness to immediately refuse what you intend to deny.

Treat your friend as if he might become an enemy.

Treat your friend as if he might become an enemy.

Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.

Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.

One ungrateful man does an injury to all who stand in need of aid.

One ungrateful man does an injury to all who stand in need of aid.

Art has a double face, of expression and illusion, just like science has a double...

Art has a double face, of expression and illusion, just like science has a double...

The timid man calls himself cautious, the sordid man thrifty.

The timid man calls himself cautious, the sordid man thrifty.

Speech is the mirror of the soul.

Speech is the mirror of the soul.

Learn to see in another's calamity the ills which you should avoid.

Learn to see in another's calamity the ills which you should avoid.

The things which belong to others please us more, and that which is ours, is...

The things which belong to others please us more, and that which is ours, is...

Successful guilt is the bane of society

Successful guilt is the bane of society

He whom many fear, has himself many to fear.

He whom many fear, has himself many to fear.

Where there is unity there is always victory.

Where there is unity there is always victory.

There are some remedies worse than the disease.

There are some remedies worse than the disease.

The pain of the mind is worse than the pain of the body

The pain of the mind is worse than the pain of the body

Audacity augments courage; hesitation, fear.

Audacity augments courage; hesitation, fear.

Confidence, like the soul, never returns whence it has once departed

Confidence, like the soul, never returns whence it has once departed

Practice is the best of all instructors

Practice is the best of all instructors

To refuse graciously is to confer a favor.

To refuse graciously is to confer a favor.

Never promise more than you can perform.

Never promise more than you can perform.

It is folly to punish your neighbor by fire when you live next door.

It is folly to punish your neighbor by fire when you live next door.