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

Quote by Publilius Syrus

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Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.

Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.

The prompter the refusal, the less the disappointment

The prompter the refusal, the less the disappointment

It is better to learn late than never.

It is better to learn late than never.

The most delightful pleasures cloy without variety

The most delightful pleasures cloy without variety

Confidence, like the soul, never returns whence it has once departed

Confidence, like the soul, never returns whence it has once departed

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

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

He who lives in solitude may make his own laws.

He who lives in solitude may make his own laws.

Good health and good sense are two of life's greatest blessings.

Good health and good sense are two of life's greatest blessings.

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

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

Count not him among your friends who will retail your privacies to the world.

Count not him among your friends who will retail your privacies to the world.

A diller, a dollar, a ten o'clock scholar, what makes you come so soon? You...

A diller, a dollar, a ten o'clock scholar, what makes you come so soon? You...

It is only the ignorant who despise education.

It is only the ignorant who despise education.

There is a great difference between being born wise and only looking it.

There is a great difference between being born wise and only looking it.

As men, we are all equal in the presence of death.

As men, we are all equal in the presence of death.

No one knows what he can do until he tries.

No one knows what he can do until he tries.

Debt is the slavery of the free

Debt is the slavery of the free

Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.

Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.

Practice is the best of all instructors

Practice is the best of all instructors

They say 'practice makes perfect.' Of course, it doesn't. For the vast majority of golfers...

They say 'practice makes perfect.' Of course, it doesn't. For the vast majority of golfers...

Practice means to perform, over and over again in the face of all obstacles, some...

Practice means to perform, over and over again in the face of all obstacles, some...