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Punishment creeps upon wickedness secretly in order to crush it.

The less the pain, the lighter the punishment.

Punishment tarries for vice, but never passes it by.

Whoever is useful to his country, is the people's property.

The memory of great misfortunes suffered, is itself a misfortune.

A merciful man in power is a public blessing.

To get angry with power, is to invite danger on one's own head.

Freedom alone is the source of noble action.

Prosperity has no power over adversity.

He whose vengeance is sated in his absence, is ever present with his victim.

Methinks it is better to be envied than pitied.

It is deception to refuse first, and afterward perform.

Gratitude for a favor is sufficient interest thereof.

To do wrong for a master is a meritorious act.

The pain which kills pain, is as good as a medicine.