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 Reproach in misfortune is an unseasonable cruelty.

It is barbarity, not courage, that can slay babes.

Tears gratify a savage nature, they do not melt it.

Anger blazes forth but once against its object.

He who has no home, is a dead man without a sepulcher.

He whom the popular voice approves, holds the key of the people's treasure.

He who can get more than belongs to him, is apt to accommodate his desires to his opportunity.

To be always giving, is to encourage a forcible taking when you refuse to give.

Every man is a master in his own calling.

Patience is a remedy for every sorrow.

What happens to one man may happen to all.

When the people detest a man's life, they call for his death.

The greatest comforts is to be free from blame.

There is no safety in regaining the favor of an enemy.