Never promise more than you can perform.

Quote by Publilius Syrus

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An angry father is most cruel towards himself.

An angry father is most cruel towards himself.

It is folly to punish your neighbor by fire when you live next door.

It is folly to punish your neighbor by fire when you live next door.

The wise man avoids evil by anticipating it.

The wise man avoids evil by anticipating it.

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

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

The opportunity is often lost by deliberating.

The opportunity is often lost by deliberating.

It is a bad plan that admits of no modification.

It is a bad plan that admits of no modification.

Valor grows by daring, fear by holding back.

Valor grows by daring, fear by holding back.

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

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

Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.

Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.

Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it.

Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it.

I often regret that I have spoken; never that I have been silent..

I often regret that I have spoken; never that I have been silent..

A friendship that can end, never really began.

A friendship that can end, never really began.

While we stop to think, we often miss our opportunity.

While we stop to think, we often miss our opportunity.

Depend not on fortune, but on conduct.

Depend not on fortune, but on conduct.

It is not every question that deserves an answer.

It is not every question that deserves an answer.

He gets through too late who goes too fast

He gets through too late who goes too fast

A good reputation is more valuable than money.

A good reputation is more valuable than money.

The man who does not work for the love of work but only for money...

The man who does not work for the love of work but only for money...

Most men love money and security more, and creation and construction less, as they get...

Most men love money and security more, and creation and construction less, as they get...

Anticipate charity by preventing poverty; assist the reduced fellow man, either by a considerable gift...

Anticipate charity by preventing poverty; assist the reduced fellow man, either by a considerable gift...