Honor and shame from no condition rise. Act well your part: there all the honor lies.

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Such were the notes thy once loved poet sung, Till death untimely stopped his tuneful...

Such were the notes thy once loved poet sung, Till death untimely stopped his tuneful...

For fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

For fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Like Cato, give his little senate laws, and sit attentive to his own applause.

Like Cato, give his little senate laws, and sit attentive to his own applause.

Get place and wealth, if possible with grace; if not, by any means get wealth...

Get place and wealth, if possible with grace; if not, by any means get wealth...

If a man's character is to be abused there's nobody like a relative to do...

If a man's character is to be abused there's nobody like a relative to do...

Reason's whole pleasure, all the joys of sense, Lie in three words, - health, peace,...

Reason's whole pleasure, all the joys of sense, Lie in three words, - health, peace,...

Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always To be Blest.

Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always To be Blest.

Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon.

Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon.

Order is Heaven's first law

Order is Heaven's first law

And all who told it added something new, and all who heard it, made enlargements...

And all who told it added something new, and all who heard it, made enlargements...

Never elated when someone's oppressed, never dejected when another one's blessed.

Never elated when someone's oppressed, never dejected when another one's blessed.

Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but...

Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but...

Coffee which makes the politician wise, and see through all things with his half-shut eyes

Coffee which makes the politician wise, and see through all things with his half-shut eyes

Vices and virtues are of a strange nature, for the more we have, the fewer...

Vices and virtues are of a strange nature, for the more we have, the fewer...

The ruling passion, be it what it will, The ruling passion conquers reason still

The ruling passion, be it what it will, The ruling passion conquers reason still

All nature is but art unknown to thee.

All nature is but art unknown to thee.

Those move easiest who have learn'd to dance.

Those move easiest who have learn'd to dance.

Trust not yourself, but your defects to know. Make use of every friend and every...

Trust not yourself, but your defects to know. Make use of every friend and every...

Trust is like a eraser. It gets smaller and smaller after every mistake.

Trust is like a eraser. It gets smaller and smaller after every mistake.

Trust, but verify.

Trust, but verify.