Evil counsel travels fast.

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Without labor nothing prospers.

Without labor nothing prospers.

I would rather miss the mark acting well than win the day acting basely.

I would rather miss the mark acting well than win the day acting basely.

Silence gives the proper grace to women

Silence gives the proper grace to women

It is a base thing for a man among the people not to obey those...

It is a base thing for a man among the people not to obey those...

An unexamined life is not worth living...

An unexamined life is not worth living...

You should not consider a man's age but his acts.

You should not consider a man's age but his acts.

One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life; That word is...

One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life; That word is...

How dreadful it is when the right judge judges wrong

How dreadful it is when the right judge judges wrong

Money is the worst currency that ever grew among mankind. This sacks cities, this drives...

Money is the worst currency that ever grew among mankind. This sacks cities, this drives...

Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing.

Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing.

There is no witness so terrible, no accuser so powerful as conscience which dwells within...

There is no witness so terrible, no accuser so powerful as conscience which dwells within...

A state is not a state if it belongs to one man.

A state is not a state if it belongs to one man.

Despair often breeds disease.

Despair often breeds disease.

It is God's giving if we laugh or weep

It is God's giving if we laugh or weep

One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better...

One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better...

It is terrible to speak well and be wrong.

It is terrible to speak well and be wrong.

Reason is God's crowning gift to man.

Reason is God's crowning gift to man.

I am convinced all of humanity is born with more gifts than we know. Most...

I am convinced all of humanity is born with more gifts than we know. Most...

Benevolence alone will not make a teacher, nor will learning alone do it. The gift...

Benevolence alone will not make a teacher, nor will learning alone do it. The gift...

A hug is a great gift. One size fits all and its easy to exchange.

A hug is a great gift. One size fits all and its easy to exchange.

All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with...

All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with...