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As men, we are all equal in the presence of death.

The evil you do to others you may expect in return.

Allay the anger of your friend by kindness.

To dispute with a drunkard is to debate with an empty house.

Receive an injury rather than do one.

A trifling rumor may cause a great calamity.

To do two things at once is to do neither.

A hasty judgement is a first step to a recantation.

Suspicion cleaves to the dark side of things.

To love one's wife with too much passion, is to be an adulterer.

Hard is it to correct a habit already formed.

A small loan makes a debtor; a great one, an enemy. (13)