Success tempts many to their ruin.

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Things are not always as they seem; the first appearance deceives many.

Things are not always as they seem; the first appearance deceives many.

Everyone is bound to bear patiently the results of his own example.

Everyone is bound to bear patiently the results of his own example.

The humble are in danger when those in power disagree.

The humble are in danger when those in power disagree.

Whoever is detected in a shameful fraud is ever after not believed even if they...

Whoever is detected in a shameful fraud is ever after not believed even if they...

Gentleness is the antidote for cruelty.

Gentleness is the antidote for cruelty.

A learned man has always riches in himself.

A learned man has always riches in himself.

Witticisms please as long as we keep them within boundaries, but pushed to excess they...

Witticisms please as long as we keep them within boundaries, but pushed to excess they...

The mind ought sometimes to be diverted that it may return to better thinking

The mind ought sometimes to be diverted that it may return to better thinking

An alliance with a powerful person is never safe.

An alliance with a powerful person is never safe.

The bow kept taut will quickly break, kept loosely strung, it will serve you when...

The bow kept taut will quickly break, kept loosely strung, it will serve you when...

The only problem with seeing too much is that it makes you insane.

The only problem with seeing too much is that it makes you insane.

It is the part of a fool to give advice to others and not himself...

It is the part of a fool to give advice to others and not himself...

Whoever is detected in a shameful fraud is ever after not believed even if they...

Whoever is detected in a shameful fraud is ever after not believed even if they...

Everyone is bound to bear patiently the results of his own example

Everyone is bound to bear patiently the results of his own example

I would rather not be a king than to forfeit my liberty.

I would rather not be a king than to forfeit my liberty.

The intelligence of few perceives what has been carefully hidden in the recesses of the...

The intelligence of few perceives what has been carefully hidden in the recesses of the...

Submit to the present evil, lest a greater one befall you.

Submit to the present evil, lest a greater one befall you.

Strangers he gulls, but friends make fun of him.

Strangers he gulls, but friends make fun of him.

In a change of masters the poor change nothing except their master's name.

In a change of masters the poor change nothing except their master's name.

In outward show so splendid and so vain; 'tis but a gilded block without a...

In outward show so splendid and so vain; 'tis but a gilded block without a...