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He is not likely to perish in the ruins who trembles at a crack in the wall.

To control a man against his will, is not to correct him, but injure him.

No man is happy who does not think himself so.

It is not goodness to be barely better than the worst are.

No scar is dishonorable which is a mark of our courage.

There can never be an overplus of honorable actions.

The anguish thoroughly allayed should not be rudely awakened.

That is not very small which is barely less than the greatest.

That is not yours which fortune made yours.

It is hard to think the habitually innocent guilty of crime.

You will find it difficult to be sole guardian over that which multitudes covet.

Never thrust your own sickle into another's corn.

A prompt refusal is sometimes no slight service.

Courage cannot be cast down by advers