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A wise man never refuses any thing to necessity.

Frugality is a remedy for indigence.

Avarice never lacks a reason for refusing a favor.

We refuse ourselves [the thing desired] when we ask what can not be had.

It is natural not to credit [the possibility of] great crimes.

No one should be judge in his own cause.

No one dies too soon, whom misery slays.

No one is so poor during life, as at birth.

Be the first to laugh at your own blunder, and no one will laugh at you.

Fear never advanced any man to the highest standing.

Depravity is its own greatest punishment.

When the bad imitate the good, there is no knowing what mischief is intended.

He who is always unlucky, had better do nothing.

Necessity knows no law except to conq