There is a point at which even justice does injury.

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Chance never helps those who do not help themselves.

Chance never helps those who do not help themselves.

If one begins all deeds well, it is likely that they will end well too.

If one begins all deeds well, it is likely that they will end well too.

It is best to live however one can be.

It is best to live however one can be.

To live without evil belongs only to the gods.

To live without evil belongs only to the gods.

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,...

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...

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...

The ideal condition would be, I admit, that men should be right by instinct; but...

The ideal condition would be, I admit, that men should be right by instinct; but...

If my body is enslaved, still my mind is free.

If my body is enslaved, still my mind is free.

Success is dependent on effort.

Success is dependent on effort.

Wisdom outweighs any wealth.

Wisdom outweighs any wealth.

It is terrible to speak well and be wrong.

It is terrible to speak well and be wrong.

Every man can see things far off but is blind to what is near.

Every man can see things far off but is blind to what is near.

How dreadful knowledge of the truth can be when there's no help in the truth.

How dreadful knowledge of the truth can be when there's no help in the truth.

Reason is God's crowning gift to man.

Reason is God's crowning gift to man.

For the dead there are no more toils.

For the dead there are no more toils.

Hide nothing, for time, which sees all and hears all, exposes all.

Hide nothing, for time, which sees all and hears all, exposes all.

Our happiness depends on wisdom all the way.

Our happiness depends on wisdom all the way.

Not only do we have a right to be happy, we have an obligation to...

Not only do we have a right to be happy, we have an obligation to...

We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we...

We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we...

Keeping a woman to her word is like trying to hold an alligator by its...

Keeping a woman to her word is like trying to hold an alligator by its...