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

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Pain will force even the truthful to speak falsely

Pain will force even the truthful to speak falsely

Where there is unity there is always victory.

Where there is unity there is always victory.

We die as often as we lose a friend.

We die as often as we lose a friend.

The eyes are not responsible when the mind does the seeing.

The eyes are not responsible when the mind does the seeing.

Money alone sets all the world in motion.

Money alone sets all the world in motion.

Audacity augments courage; hesitation, fear.

Audacity augments courage; hesitation, fear.

Some remedies are worse than the disease.

Some remedies are worse than the disease.

You should make a woman angry if you wish her to love.

You should make a woman angry if you wish her to love.

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...

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

Reprove your friends in secret, praise them openly.

Reprove your friends in secret, praise them openly.

He who has lost honor can lose nothing more.

He who has lost honor can lose nothing more.

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

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

Anyone who believes that men are the equal of women has never seen a man...

Anyone who believes that men are the equal of women has never seen a man...

Practice is the best of all instructors

Practice is the best of all instructors

A hasty judgment is a first step to recantation.

A hasty judgment is a first step to recantation.

To do two things at once is to do neither.

To do two things at once is to do neither.

He who lives in solitude may make his own laws.

He who lives in solitude may make his own laws.

You can accomplish by kindness what you cannot by force.

You can accomplish by kindness what you cannot by force.

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.