A shoe that is too large is apt to trip one, and when too small, to pinch the feet. So it is with those whose fortune does not suit them.

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Avoid greatness; in a cottage there may be more real happiness than kings or their...

Avoid greatness; in a cottage there may be more real happiness than kings or their...

Let your literary compositions be kept from the public eye for nine years at least.

Let your literary compositions be kept from the public eye for nine years at least.

A picture is a poem without words.

A picture is a poem without words.

Always keep your composure. You can't score from the penalty box; and to win, you...

Always keep your composure. You can't score from the penalty box; and to win, you...

Great effort is required to arrest decay and restore vigor. One must exercise proper deliberation,...

Great effort is required to arrest decay and restore vigor. One must exercise proper deliberation,...

I don't think we're in Kansas anymore

I don't think we're in Kansas anymore

A word, once sent abroad, flies irrevocably.

A word, once sent abroad, flies irrevocably.

Make a good use of the present.

Make a good use of the present.

Anger is a brief madness.

Anger is a brief madness.

Money is a handmaiden if thou knowest how to use it; a mistress if thou...

Money is a handmaiden if thou knowest how to use it; a mistress if thou...

No verse can give pleasure for long, nor last, that is written by drinkers of...

No verse can give pleasure for long, nor last, that is written by drinkers of...

It is the false shame of fools to try to conceal wounds that have not...

It is the false shame of fools to try to conceal wounds that have not...

Seize the day, put no trust in the morrow

Seize the day, put no trust in the morrow

Acquittal of the guilty damns the judge.

Acquittal of the guilty damns the judge.

Subdue your passion or it will subdue you

Subdue your passion or it will subdue you

It is no great art to say something briefly when, like Tacitus, one has something...

It is no great art to say something briefly when, like Tacitus, one has something...

Men cease to think when they think they know it all.

Men cease to think when they think they know it all.

Whatever advice you give, be short.

Whatever advice you give, be short.

It is easy when we are in prosperity to give advice to the afflicted.

It is easy when we are in prosperity to give advice to the afflicted.

Giving advice is sometimes only showing our wisdom at the expense of others.

Giving advice is sometimes only showing our wisdom at the expense of others.

In labouring to be concise, I become obscure.

In labouring to be concise, I become obscure.