Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one.

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Always leave something to wish for; otherwise you will be miserable from your very happiness.

Always leave something to wish for; otherwise you will be miserable from your very happiness.

There is none who cannot teach somebody something, and there is none so excellent but...

There is none who cannot teach somebody something, and there is none so excellent but...

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...

Those who insist on the dignity of their office show they have not deserved it.

Those who insist on the dignity of their office show they have not deserved it.

Quit while you're ahead. All the best gamblers do.

Quit while you're ahead. All the best gamblers do.

A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.

A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.

Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the...

Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the...

Attempt easy tasks as if they were difficult, and difficult as if they were easy;...

Attempt easy tasks as if they were difficult, and difficult as if they were easy;...

Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the...

Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the...

A single lie destroys a whole reputation for integrity

A single lie destroys a whole reputation for integrity

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

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

When desire dies, fear is born.

When desire dies, fear is born.

Those who insist on the dignity of their office show they have not deserved it.

Those who insist on the dignity of their office show they have not deserved it.

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...

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...

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

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...

Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose.

Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose.

Fortunate people often have very favorable beginnings and very tragic endings. What matters isn't being...

Fortunate people often have very favorable beginnings and very tragic endings. What matters isn't being...

One must pass through the circumference of time before arriving at the center of opportunity.

One must pass through the circumference of time before arriving at the center of opportunity.