There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one.

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Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

Attempt easy tasks as if they were difficult, and difficult as if they were easy;...

Attempt easy tasks as if they were difficult, and difficult as if they were easy;...

Work is the price which is paid for reputation

Work is the price which is paid for reputation

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...

Evil report carries further than any applause.

Evil report carries further than any applause.

The wise does at once what the fool does at last.

The wise does at once what the fool does at last.

At twenty a man is a peacock, at thirty a lion, at forty a camel,...

At twenty a man is a peacock, at thirty a lion, at forty a camel,...

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...

The more merit, the less affection

The more merit, the less affection

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...

Work is the price which is paid for reputation.

Work is the price which is paid for reputation.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.

Nothing arouses ambition so much in the heart as the trumpet-clang of another's fame.

Nothing arouses ambition so much in the heart as the trumpet-clang of another's fame.

Fortune pays you sometimes for the intensity of her favors by the shortness of their...

Fortune pays you sometimes for the intensity of her favors by the shortness of their...

Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one.

Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one.

A beautiful woman should break her mirror early

A beautiful woman should break her mirror early

He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much,...

He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much,...

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

If you want to be free, there is but one way; it is to guarantee...

If you want to be free, there is but one way; it is to guarantee...

Friendship is the finest balm for the pangs of despised love.

Friendship is the finest balm for the pangs of despised love.