The rewards of virtue alone abide secure.

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Better not to exist than live basely.

Better not to exist than live basely.

Hush! Check those words. Do not cure ill with ill and make your pain still...

Hush! Check those words. Do not cure ill with ill and make your pain still...

Success is dependent on effort.

Success is dependent on effort.

To be doing good deeds is man's most glorious task.

To be doing good deeds is man's most glorious task.

Ignorant men don't know what good they hold in their hands until they've flung it...

Ignorant men don't know what good they hold in their hands until they've flung it...

In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.

In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.

A human being is only breath and shadow.

A human being is only breath and shadow.

Things gained through unjust fraud are never secure.

Things gained through unjust fraud are never secure.

Now I see that going out into the testing ground of men it is the...

Now I see that going out into the testing ground of men it is the...

Money is the worst currency that ever grew among mankind. This sacks cities, this drives...

Money is the worst currency that ever grew among mankind. This sacks cities, this drives...

Not to be born is, past all prizing, best.

Not to be born is, past all prizing, best.

Enemies' gifts are no gifts and do no good.

Enemies' gifts are no gifts and do no good.

Isn't it the sweetest mockery to mock our enemies?

Isn't it the sweetest mockery to mock our enemies?

I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.

I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.

One word frees us of all the weight and pain in life. That word is...

One word frees us of all the weight and pain in life. That word is...

Men may know many things by seeing; but no prophet can see before the event,...

Men may know many things by seeing; but no prophet can see before the event,...

Old age and the passage of time teach all things.

Old age and the passage of time teach all things.

For those whose wit becomes the mother of villainy, those it educates to be evil...

For those whose wit becomes the mother of villainy, those it educates to be evil...

There is no greater evil than anarchy.

There is no greater evil than anarchy.

Reason is God's crowning gift to man.

Reason is God's crowning gift to man.