Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.

Quote by Publilius Syrus

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Do not despise the bottom rungs in the ascent to greatness.

Do not despise the bottom rungs in the ascent to greatness.

A hasty judgment is a first step to recantation.

A hasty judgment is a first step to recantation.

Money alone sets all the world in motion.

Money alone sets all the world in motion.

The wise man avoids evil by anticipating it.

The wise man avoids evil by anticipating it.

They live ill who expect to live always

They live ill who expect to live always

Valor grows by daring, fear by holding back.

Valor grows by daring, fear by holding back.

The opportunity is often lost by deliberating.

The opportunity is often lost by deliberating.

If you wish to reach the highest, begin at the lowest.

If you wish to reach the highest, begin at the lowest.

Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it.

Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it.

If you wish to reach the highest, begin at the lowest.

If you wish to reach the highest, begin at the lowest.

You cannot put the same shoe on every foot.

You cannot put the same shoe on every foot.

God looks at the clean hands, not the full ones.

God looks at the clean hands, not the full ones.

Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.

Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.

He who has lost honor can lose nothing more.

He who has lost honor can lose nothing more.

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

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

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

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

Some remedies are worse than the disease.

Some remedies are worse than the disease.

The miser is as much in want of what he has as of what he...

The miser is as much in want of what he has as of what he...

I often regret that I have spoken; never that I have been silent..

I often regret that I have spoken; never that I have been silent..

Pain forces even the innocent to lie.

Pain forces even the innocent to lie.