Be, as many now are, rich to yourself, poor to your friends.

Quote by Juvenal

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

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

The brief span of our poor unhappy life to its final hour is hastening on;...

The brief span of our poor unhappy life to its final hour is hastening on;...

There is hardly a case in which the dispute was not caused by a woman.

There is hardly a case in which the dispute was not caused by a woman.

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.

Trust me, no tortures which the poets feign, can match the fierce, the unutterable pain,...

Trust me, no tortures which the poets feign, can match the fierce, the unutterable pain,...

Rare is the union of beauty and purity.

Rare is the union of beauty and purity.

Wisdom is the winner over good luck

Wisdom is the winner over good luck

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.

Revenge is sweet, sweeter than life itself - so say fools

Revenge is sweet, sweeter than life itself - so say fools

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

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

No one ever became extremely wicked suddenly.

No one ever became extremely wicked suddenly.

Every fault of the mind becomes more conspicuous and more guilty in proportion to the...

Every fault of the mind becomes more conspicuous and more guilty in proportion to the...

Who you know will get your foot into the door. What you know will keep...

Who you know will get your foot into the door. What you know will keep...

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...

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...

One globe seemed all too small for the youthful Alexander.

One globe seemed all too small for the youthful Alexander.

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...

Let us live for the beauty of our own reality.

Let us live for the beauty of our own reality.

I have never advocated war except as a means of peace.

I have never advocated war except as a means of peace.