What treasures here do Mammon's sons behold! Yet know that all that which glitters is not gold.
That friendship will not continue to the end which is begun for an end.
Anger may repast with thee for an hour, but not repose for a night the continuance of anger is hatred, the continuance of hatred turns malice.
Put off thy cares with thy clothes so shall thy rest strengthen thy labor and so thy labor sweeten thy rest.
My mind's my kingdom.
If thy daughter marry well thou hast found a son if not thou hast lost a daughter.
Has fortune dealt you some bad cards. Then let wisdom make you a good gamester.
Necessity of action takes away the fear of the act.
Let all thy joys be as the month of May.
Let the greater part of the news thou hearest be the least part of what thou believest.
The fountain of beauty is the heart and every generous thought illustrates the walls of your chamber.
Necessity of action takes away the fear of the act, and makes bold resolution the favorite of fortune.
Flatter not thyself in thy faith in God if thou hast not charity for thy neighbor.
Heaven is never deaf but when man's heart is dumb.
Wisdom not only gets, but once got, retains.
As there is no worldly gain without some loss so there is no worldly loss without some gain.... Set the allowance against the loss and thou shalt find no loss great.
If thou desire the love of God and man, be humble, for the proud heart, as it loves none but itself, is beloved of none but itself. Humility enforces where neither virtue, nor strength, nor reason can...
Beware of him that is slow to anger for when it is long coming, it is the stronger when it comes, and the longer kept. Abused patience turns to fury.
Fear nothing but what thy industry may prevent be confident of nothing but what fortune cannot defeat it is no less folly to fear what is impossible to be avoided than to be secure when there is a pos...
Let the fear of danger be a spur to prevent it he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger.
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