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No grief reaches the dead.
Necessity makes even the timid brave.
But few prize honour more than money.
Each man the architect of his own fate.
There were few who preferred honor to money.
Prosperity tries the souls even of the wise.
We employ the mind to rule, the body to serve.
Every man is the architect of his own fortune.
The higher your station, the less your liberty.
Fame is the shadow of passion standing in the light
Just to stir things up seemed a great reward in itself.
Every bad precedent originated as a justifiable measure.
The soul is the captain and ruler of the life of morals.
Everything rises but to fall, and increases but to decay.
Think like a man of action, and act like a man of thought.
By the wicked the good conduct of others is always dreaded.
Greedy for the property of others, extravagant with his own
To someone seeking power, the poorest man is the most useful.
Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.
He that will be angry for anything will be angry for nothing.
The poorest of men are the most useful to those seeking power.
It is better to use fair means and fail, than foul and conquer.
It is always easy to begin a war, but very difficult to stop one.
Everything that rises sets, and everything that grows, grows old.
Do as much as possible, and talk of yourself as little as possible
To like and dislike the same things that is indeed true friendship.
One can ever assume to be what he is not, and to conceal what he is.
The firmest friendship is based on an identity of likes and dislikes.
Harmony makes small things grow; lack of it makes great things decay.
Harmony makes small things grow, lack of it makes great things decay.
A good man prefers to suffer rather than overcome injustice with evil.
Enough words, little wisdom. [Lat., Satis eloquentiae sapientiae parum.]
Before you act consider; when you have considered, tis fully time to act.
Before you act, consider; when you have considered, tis fully time to act.
To like and dislike the same things, this is what makes a solid friendship.
Get good counsel before you begin; and when you have decided, act promptly.
By union the smallest states thrive. By discord the greatest are destroyed.
Ambition breaks the ties of blood, and forgets the obligations of gratitude.
Poor Britons, there is some good in them after all - they produced an oyster.
A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.
Deliberate before you begin; but, having carefully done so, execute with vigour.
The very life which we enjoy is short. [Lat., Vita ipsa qua fruimur brevis est.]
No mortal man has ever served at the same time his passions and his best interests.
In battle it is the cowards who run the most risk; bravery is a rampart of defense.
Among intellectual pursuits, one of the most useful is the recording of past events.
For harmony makes small states great, while discord undermines the mightiest empires.
To have the same likes and dislikes, therein consists the firmest bond of friendship.
To have the same desires and the same aversion is assuredly a firm bond of friendship.
It is sweet to surve one country by deeds, and it is not absurd to surve her by words.
A small state increases by concord; the greatest falls gradually to ruin by dissension.