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If you wish to appear agreeable in society, you must consent to be taught many...

If you wish to appear agreeable in society, you must consent to be taught many...

Trust him not with your secrets, who, when left alone in your room, turns over...

Trust him not with your secrets, who, when left alone in your room, turns over...

Great minds comprehend more in a word, a look, a pressure of the hand than...

Great minds comprehend more in a word, a look, a pressure of the hand than...

The jealous are possessed by a mad devil and a dull spirit at the same...

The jealous are possessed by a mad devil and a dull spirit at the same...

Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence.

Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence.

He who purposely cheats his friend, would cheat his God

He who purposely cheats his friend, would cheat his God

Call him wise whose actions, words, and steps are all a clear because to a...

Call him wise whose actions, words, and steps are all a clear because to a...

To know yourself you have only to set down a true statement of those that...

To know yourself you have only to set down a true statement of those that...

Him, who incessantly laughs in the street, you may commonly hear grumbling in his closet.

Him, who incessantly laughs in the street, you may commonly hear grumbling in his closet.

He who reforms himself has done more toward reforming the public than a crowd of...

He who reforms himself has done more toward reforming the public than a crowd of...

The public seldom forgive twice.

The public seldom forgive twice.

Who in the same given time can produce more than others has vigor; who can...

Who in the same given time can produce more than others has vigor; who can...

There are three classes of men; the retrograde, the stationary and the progressive.

There are three classes of men; the retrograde, the stationary and the progressive.

Let none turn over books or scan the stars in quest of God who see...

Let none turn over books or scan the stars in quest of God who see...

You may depend upon it that he is a good man whose intimate friends are...

You may depend upon it that he is a good man whose intimate friends are...

The prudent see only the difficulties, the bold only the advantages, of a great enterprise;...

The prudent see only the difficulties, the bold only the advantages, of a great enterprise;...

I am prejudiced in favor of him who, without impudence, can ask boldly. He has...

I am prejudiced in favor of him who, without impudence, can ask boldly. He has...

He, who cannot forgive a trespass of malice to his enemy, has never yet tasted...

He, who cannot forgive a trespass of malice to his enemy, has never yet tasted...

Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence.

Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence.

Depend on no man, on no friend but him who can depend on himself. He...

Depend on no man, on no friend but him who can depend on himself. He...