It is kindness to immediately refuse what you intend to deny.

Quote by Publilius Syrus

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It is a fraud to borrow what we are unable to pay.

It is a fraud to borrow what we are unable to pay.

The miser is as much in want of what he has as of what he...

The miser is as much in want of what he has as of what he...

We are born princes and the civilizing process makes us frogs.

We are born princes and the civilizing process makes us frogs.

Good health and good sense are two of life's greatest blessings.

Good health and good sense are two of life's greatest blessings.

A small debt produces a debtor; a large one, an enemy

A small debt produces a debtor; a large one, an enemy

Let those love now, who never loved before; let those who always loved, now love...

Let those love now, who never loved before; let those who always loved, now love...

Anyone who believes that men are the equal of women has never seen a man...

Anyone who believes that men are the equal of women has never seen a man...

Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.

Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.

Never promise more than you can perform.

Never promise more than you can perform.

From the errors of others, a wise man corrects his own.

From the errors of others, a wise man corrects his own.

When reason rules, money is a blessing.

When reason rules, money is a blessing.

Admonish your friends privately, but praise them openly.

Admonish your friends privately, but praise them openly.

Fortune is like glass - the brighter the glitter, the more easily broken.

Fortune is like glass - the brighter the glitter, the more easily broken.

No one knows what he can do until he tries.

No one knows what he can do until he tries.

The wounds of love can only be healed by the one who made them.

The wounds of love can only be healed by the one who made them.

Successful guilt is the bane of society

Successful guilt is the bane of society

You should make a woman angry if you wish her to love

You should make a woman angry if you wish her to love

A misery is not to be measured from the nature of the evil, but from...

A misery is not to be measured from the nature of the evil, but from...

Once blood is shed in a national quarrel reason and right are swept aside by...

Once blood is shed in a national quarrel reason and right are swept aside by...

Every child senses, with all the horse sense that's in him, that any parent is...

Every child senses, with all the horse sense that's in him, that any parent is...

There's a clock on the wall and it's measuring down The time you have left...

There's a clock on the wall and it's measuring down The time you have left...

Celibacy, like the fly in the heart of an apple, dwells in perpetual sweetness, but...

Celibacy, like the fly in the heart of an apple, dwells in perpetual sweetness, but...