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 You should hammer your iron when it is glowing hot.

No one ever lost honor but him who never had any.

He who has forfeited his honor can lose nothing more.

What is left when honor is lost?

Confidence, like life, never returns to him whom she has once left.

A fair exterior is a silent recommendation.

Fortunate has no lawful control over men's morals.

A great property is a great bondage for the owner.

Fortunate often spare men a present affliction, that they may suffer a greater.

Fortunate makes a fool of him who she favors too much.

Fortune masters us if we do not master her.

Fortunate has no more power over our destiny than our own actions.

Fortunate is not satisfied with inflicting one calamity.

When Fortune is on our side, popular favor bears her company.