No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
Be content with what nature made you, or run the risk of earning contempt by trying to be what you're not.
We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.
Every man carries two bags about him, one in front and one behind, and both are full of faults. The bag in front contains his neighbors' faults, the one behind his own. Hence it is that men do not see their own faults, but never fail to see those of others.
The grateful heart will always find opportunities to show its gratitude.
Don't neglect the future in times of plenty, for tomorrow you may need what you wasted today.
The smaller the mind the greater the conceit.
Acquaintance softens prejudice.
A man is known by the company he keeps
All men are more concerned to recover what they lose than to acquire what they lack.
Zeal should not outrun discretion.
Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.
Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth.
Better to starve free than be a fat slave
It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.
A farmer who had a quarrelsome family called his sons and told them to lay a bunch of sticks before him. Then, after laying the sticks parallel to one another and binding them, he challenged his sons, one after one, to pick up the bundle and break it. They all tried, but in vain. Then, untying the bundle, he gave them the sticks to break one by one. This they did with the greatest ease. Then said the father, "Thus, my sons, as long as you remain united, you are a match for anything, but differ and separate, and you are undone".
Those who voluntarily put power into the hands of a tyrant ... must not wonder if it be at last turned against themselves.
In a crisis, give help first and then advice.
Kindness is more persuasive than force.
The tyrant will always find a pretext for his tyranny.
He is not to be trusted as a friend who illtreats his own family.
Persuasion is better than force.
Pride goes before destruction.
It is in vain to expect our prayers to be heard, if we do not strive as well as pray.
Do nothing without regard to the consequences.
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