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It is the power of the mind to be unconquerable.
If I only have the will to be grateful, I am so.
To make a commencement requires a mental effort.
It is quality rather than quantity that matters.
Death is a release from and an end of all pains.
Fidelity bought with money is overcome by money.
There is no genius without a mixture of madness.
Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.
Whenever the speech is corrupted so is the mind.
That which takes effect by chance is not an art.
Laws do not persuade just because they threaten.
Voyage, travel, and change of place impart vigor
Our words should aim not to please, but to help.
He who fears from near at hand often fears less.
What were once vices are the fashion of the day.
I do not sacrifice, but lend myself to business.
A dwarf can stand on a mountain, he's no taller.
No possession is gratifying without a companion.
What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.
A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.
Make haste to live, and consider each day a life.
To err is human. To repeat error is of the Devil.
The more violent the storm the sooner it is over.
As long as we are among humans, let us be humane.
Whom the dawn sees proud, evening sees prostrate.
It is the superfluous things for which men sweat.
Let ease and rest at times be given to the weary.
Fidelity purchased with money, money can destroy.
A thing seriously pursued affords true enjoyment.
There is no easy way from the earth to the stars.
Prosperity asks for fidelity; adversity exacts it.
He who dreads hostility too much is unfit to rule.
Light troubles speak; the weighty are struck dumb.
The anger of those in authority is always weighty.
The man who can be compelled knows not how to die.
The rust of the mind is the destruction of genius.
The young man must store up, the old man must use.
I am ashamed of my master and not of my servitude.
Do not ask for what you will wish you had not got.
Leave in concealment what has long been concealed.
Modesty once extinguished knows not how to return.
A young man respects and looks up to his teachers.
Some cures are worse than the dangers they combat.
Brother, the Great Spirit has made us all. . . . .
The wretched hasten to hear of their own miseries.
The friends of the unfortunate live a long way off.
The way to wickedness is always through wickedness.
Friendship always benefits; love sometimes injures.
He will live ill who does not know how to die well.
Light cares cry out; the great ones still are dumb.