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Quarrels never could last long, if on one side only lay the wrong.
You may give give a man office, but you cannot give him discretion
Do good to your friends to keep them, to your enemies to win them.
The only thing that is more expensive than education is ignorance.
He's gone, and forgot nothing but to say farewell to his creditors
We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.
A long life may not be good enough, but a good life is long enough.
Wine is constant proof that God loves us and loves to see us happy.
We should make the poor uncomfortable and kick them out of poverty.
When circumstances don't fit our ideas they become our difficulties
Alas, I know if I ever became truly humble, I would be proud of it.
A full Belly makes a dull Brain: The Muses starve in a Cook's Shop.
If you watch your pennies, the pounds will take care of themselves.
Money makes money. And the money that makes money makes more money.
Do not fear mistakes. You will know failure. Continue to reach out.
The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse.
They who have nothing to trouble them, will be troubled at nothing.
The absent are never without fault. Nor the present without excuse.
Drink does not drown care, but waters it, and makes it grow faster.
Be not disturbed at trifles, or at accidents common or unavoidable.
Wine is constant proof that God loves us and likes to see us happy.
A spoonful of honey will catch more flies than a gallon of vinegar.
The problem with doing nothing is not knowing when you're finished.
Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.
Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.
Don't throw stones at your neighbors if your own windows are glass.
E'er you remark another's sin, bid your own conscience look within.
Virtue alone is sufficient to make a man great, glorious, and happy.
Trouble springs from idleness, and grievous toil from needless ease.
Don't throw stones at your neighbors, if your own windows are glass.
He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.
A cheerful face is nearly as good for an invalid as healthy weather.
The way to wealth depends on just two words, industry and frugality.
If you give up your freedom for safety, you don't deserve either one
A little Religion, and a little Honesty, goes a great way in Courts.
If we give up freedom for security, we are in danger of losing both.
I guess I don't so much mind being old, as I mind being fat and old.
Never take a wife till thou hast a house (and a fire) to put her in.
Experience is the best teacher, but a fool will learn from no other.
A flatterer never seems absurd: The flatter'd always takes his word.
The borrower is a slave to the lender and the debtor to the creditor.
Would you live with ease, Do what you ought, and not what you please.
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles.
A Brother may not be a Friend, but a Friend will always be a Brother.
Here comes the orator with his flood of words and his drop of reason.
To all apparent beauties blind, each blemish strikes an envious mind.
If you would keep your secret from an enemy, tell it not to a friend.
Sarcasm is the lowest form of humor but the highest form of flattery.
Take heed of the Vinegar of sweet Wine, and the Anger of Good-nature.