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Fortune takes nothing away but her own gifts.

There is nothing more wretched than a mind conscious of its own wickedness.

Our most poignant reflections arise from shame for past acts.

Nothing can be done at once hastily and prudently.

It is pleasant to do a favor for him who does not ask it.

We desire nothing so much as what we ought not to have.

There is nothing which the lapse of time will not either extinguish or improve.

There is no fruit which is not bitter before it is ripe.

The eyes are not responsible when the mind does the seeing.

To be deprived of all capacity for action, is to be at once alive and dead.

Consider nothing which is liable to change a permanent possession.

Consider nothing beneath your notice which may contribute to your safety.

There is no more shameful sight, than an old man commencing life.