Don't show off every day, or you'll stop surprising people. There must always be some novelty left over. The person who displays a little more of it each day keeps up expectations, and no one ever discovers the limits of…

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Work is the price which is paid for reputation

Work is the price which is paid for reputation

The wise does at once what the fool does at last.

The wise does at once what the fool does at last.

There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one.

There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one.

A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.

A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.

It is better to have too much courtesy than too little, provided you are not...

It is better to have too much courtesy than too little, provided you are not...

Never participate in the secrets of those above you; you think you share the fruit,...

Never participate in the secrets of those above you; you think you share the fruit,...

Never open the door to a lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably slink...

Never open the door to a lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably slink...

Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.

Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.

Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one.

Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one.

A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.

A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.

Never open the door to a lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably slink...

Never open the door to a lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably slink...

It is good to vary in order that you may frustrate the curious, especially those...

It is good to vary in order that you may frustrate the curious, especially those...

I strive to be brief, and I become obscure.

I strive to be brief, and I become obscure.

Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.

Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.

It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterwards.

It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterwards.

Be content to act, and leave the talking to others.

Be content to act, and leave the talking to others.

Many have had their greatness made for them by their enemies.

Many have had their greatness made for them by their enemies.

Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is...

Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is...

Men's fashions all start as sports clothes and progress to the great occasions of state....

Men's fashions all start as sports clothes and progress to the great occasions of state....

What a deformed thief this fashion is

What a deformed thief this fashion is

The tax which will be paid for the purpose of education is not more than...

The tax which will be paid for the purpose of education is not more than...

Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself...

Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself...