Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything.

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Any excuse will serve a tyrant.

Any excuse will serve a tyrant.

The injuries we do and those we suffer are seldom weighed in the same scales.

The injuries we do and those we suffer are seldom weighed in the same scales.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Every truth has two sides; it is as well to look at both, before we...

Every truth has two sides; it is as well to look at both, before we...

A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.

A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.

A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man be one thing...

A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man be one thing...

It is in vain to expect our prayers to be heard, if we do not...

It is in vain to expect our prayers to be heard, if we do not...

The unhappy derive comfort from the misfortunes of others.

The unhappy derive comfort from the misfortunes of others.

Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.

Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.

Self-conceit may lead to self destruction.

Self-conceit may lead to self destruction.

It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.

It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.

It is with our passions as it is with fire and water, they are good...

It is with our passions as it is with fire and water, they are good...

It is in vain to expect our prayers to be heard, if we do not...

It is in vain to expect our prayers to be heard, if we do not...

The gods help them that help themselves.

The gods help them that help themselves.

Enemies' promises were made to be broken

Enemies' promises were made to be broken

Vices are their own punishment

Vices are their own punishment

The smaller the mind the greater the conceit

The smaller the mind the greater the conceit

You'll never plumb the Oriental mind, and if you did, it isn't worth the toil

You'll never plumb the Oriental mind, and if you did, it isn't worth the toil

Jealousy is a disease, love is a healthy condition. The immature mind often mistakes one...

Jealousy is a disease, love is a healthy condition. The immature mind often mistakes one...

The scientific mind does not so much provide the right answers as ask the right...

The scientific mind does not so much provide the right answers as ask the right...