Evil report carries further than any applause.

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Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he...

Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he...

It is a great piece of skill to know how to guide your luck even...

It is a great piece of skill to know how to guide your luck even...

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.

Little said is soon amended. There is always time to add a word, never to...

Little said is soon amended. There is always time to add a word, never to...

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

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

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...

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...

Don't show off every day, or you'll stop surprising people. There must always be some...

Don't show off every day, or you'll stop surprising people. There must always be some...

To be at ease is better than to be at business. Nothing really belongs to...

To be at ease is better than to be at business. Nothing really belongs to...

He that has satisfied his thirst turns his back on the well.

He that has satisfied his thirst turns his back on the well.

Luck can be assisted. It is not all chance with the wise.

Luck can be assisted. It is not all chance with the wise.

Chance has something to say in everything, even how to write a good letter

Chance has something to say in everything, even how to write a good letter

He that communicates his secret to another makes himself that other's slave.

He that communicates his secret to another makes himself that other's slave.

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 beautiful woman should break her mirror early.

A beautiful woman should break her mirror early.

Do not carry a spirit of contradiction, for it is to be freighted with stupidity...

Do not carry a spirit of contradiction, for it is to be freighted with stupidity...

Work is the price which is paid for reputation

Work is the price which is paid for reputation

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

Tomorrow is always the future.

Tomorrow is always the future.

It may serve as a comfort to us, in all our calamities and afflictions, that...

It may serve as a comfort to us, in all our calamities and afflictions, that...