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

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Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

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...

A beautiful woman should break her mirror early.

A beautiful woman should break her mirror early.

Never open the door to a lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably slink...

Never open the door to a lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably slink...

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...

I strive to be brief, and I become obscure.

I strive to be brief, and I become obscure.

Know or listen to those who know

Know or listen to those who know

When desire dies, fear is born.

When desire dies, fear is born.

A beautiful woman should break her mirror early

A beautiful woman should break her mirror early

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.

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...

Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best; for that we must have recourse to...

Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best; for that we must have recourse to...

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...

Work is the price which is paid for reputation

Work is the price which is paid for reputation

To equal a predecessor, one must have twice they worth.

To equal a predecessor, one must have twice they worth.

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...

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...

Luck can be assisted. It is not all chance with the wise.

Luck can be assisted. It is not all chance with the wise.

The things we remember best are those better forgotten.

The things we remember best are those better forgotten.

It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterwards.

It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterwards.