If one begins all deeds well, it is likely that they will end well too.

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Isn't it the sweetest mockery to mock our enemies?

Isn't it the sweetest mockery to mock our enemies?

Things gained through unjust fraud are never secure.

Things gained through unjust fraud are never secure.

One word frees us of all the weight and pain in life. That word is...

One word frees us of all the weight and pain in life. That word is...

One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better...

One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better...

What house, bloated with luxury, ever became prosperous without a woman's excellence?

What house, bloated with luxury, ever became prosperous without a woman's excellence?

One word frees us of all the weight and pain in life. That word is...

One word frees us of all the weight and pain in life. That word is...

There is a time when even justice brings harm.

There is a time when even justice brings harm.

Kindness is ever the begetter of kindness.

Kindness is ever the begetter of kindness.

Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.

Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.

What you cannot enforce, do not command.

What you cannot enforce, do not command.

Better not to exist than live basely.

Better not to exist than live basely.

No one who errs unwillingly is evil.

No one who errs unwillingly is evil.

You should not consider a man's age but his acts.

You should not consider a man's age but his acts.

The ideal condition would be, I admit, that men should be right by instinct; but...

The ideal condition would be, I admit, that men should be right by instinct; but...

Silence gives the proper grace to women

Silence gives the proper grace to women

Much wisdom often goes with fewest words.

Much wisdom often goes with fewest words.

God's dice always have a lucky roll

God's dice always have a lucky roll

Who always only dreams of luck shouldn't be surprised if he oversleeps it.

Who always only dreams of luck shouldn't be surprised if he oversleeps it.

Luck is a dividend of sweat. The more you sweat, the luckier you get

Luck is a dividend of sweat. The more you sweat, the luckier you get

Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.

Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.