Fortunate people often have very favorable beginnings and very tragic endings. What matters isn't being applauded when you arrive - for that is common - but being missed when you leave.

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Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.

Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.

Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose.

Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose.

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...

True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends,...

True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends,...

True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.

True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.

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...

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

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

Evil report carries further than any applause.

Evil report carries further than any applause.

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.

Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.

Know or listen to those who know

Know or listen to those who know

He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much,...

He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much,...

Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best; for that we must have recourse to...

Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best; for that we must have recourse to...

Evil report carries further than any applause

Evil report carries further than any applause

Work is the price which is paid for reputation.

Work is the price which is paid for reputation.

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...

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.

I strive to be brief, and I become obscure.

I strive to be brief, and I become obscure.

The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause.

The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause.

At twenty a man is a peacock, at thirty a lion, at forty a camel,...

At twenty a man is a peacock, at thirty a lion, at forty a camel,...