It is your business when the wall next door catches fire.

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Avoid greatness; in a cottage there may be more real happiness than kings or their...

Avoid greatness; in a cottage there may be more real happiness than kings or their...

The power of daring anything their fancy suggest, as always been conceded to the painter...

The power of daring anything their fancy suggest, as always been conceded to the painter...

Remember when life's path is steep to keep your mind even.

Remember when life's path is steep to keep your mind even.

The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.

The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.

Anger is a short madness.

Anger is a short madness.

Think to yourself that every day is your last

Think to yourself that every day is your last

Hired mourners at a funeral say and do - A little more than they whose...

Hired mourners at a funeral say and do - A little more than they whose...

He who would begun has half done. Dare to be wise; begin.

He who would begun has half done. Dare to be wise; begin.

Pale death, with impartial step, knocks at the hut of the poor and the towers...

Pale death, with impartial step, knocks at the hut of the poor and the towers...

It is of no consequence of what parents a man is born, as long as...

It is of no consequence of what parents a man is born, as long as...

Usually the modest person passes for someone reserved, the silent for a sullen person.

Usually the modest person passes for someone reserved, the silent for a sullen person.

Don't think, just do.

Don't think, just do.

Wisdom is not wisdom when it is derived from books alone.

Wisdom is not wisdom when it is derived from books alone.

Fidelity is the sister of justice.

Fidelity is the sister of justice.

Happy he who far from business, like the primitive are of mortals, cultivates with his...

Happy he who far from business, like the primitive are of mortals, cultivates with his...

To have a great man for a friend seems pleasant to those who have never...

To have a great man for a friend seems pleasant to those who have never...

If matters go badly now, they will not always be so.

If matters go badly now, they will not always be so.

Subdue your passion or it will subdue you.

Subdue your passion or it will subdue you.

Money is a handmaiden, if thou knowest how to use it; a mistress, if thou...

Money is a handmaiden, if thou knowest how to use it; a mistress, if thou...

No verse can give pleasure for long, nor last, that is written by drinkers of...

No verse can give pleasure for long, nor last, that is written by drinkers of...