We should every night call ourselves to an account: what infirmity have I mastered today? What passions opposed? What temptation resisted? What virtue acquired? Our vices will abate of themselves if they be brought every day to the shrift.

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Courage leads to heaven; fear to death.

Courage leads to heaven; fear to death.

Friendship always benefits; love sometimes injures.

Friendship always benefits; love sometimes injures.

God is the universal substance in existing things. He comprises all things. He is the...

God is the universal substance in existing things. He comprises all things. He is the...

When we are well, we all have good advice for those who are ill.

When we are well, we all have good advice for those who are ill.

If you wish to be loved; Love!

If you wish to be loved; Love!

We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.

We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.

A multitude of executions discredits a king, as a multitude of funerals a doctor

A multitude of executions discredits a king, as a multitude of funerals a doctor

Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end.

Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end.

Old age is an incurable disease.

Old age is an incurable disease.

The important thing about a problem is not its solution, but the strength we gain...

The important thing about a problem is not its solution, but the strength we gain...

Tis a human trait to hate one you have wronged

Tis a human trait to hate one you have wronged

So enjoy present pleasures as to not mar those to come.

So enjoy present pleasures as to not mar those to come.

You are your choices.

You are your choices.

The courts of kings are full of men, empty of friends.

The courts of kings are full of men, empty of friends.

He who forbids not sin when he may, commands it

He who forbids not sin when he may, commands it

Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.

Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.

For greed, all nature is too little.

For greed, all nature is too little.

Just as I shall select my ship when I am about to go on a...

Just as I shall select my ship when I am about to go on a...

Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.

Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.

While we teach, we learn.

While we teach, we learn.