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The next day is never so good as the day before.

When you are in love you are not wise; or, when you are wise you are not in love.

When you give to avarice you invite an injury.

When you forgive an enemy you gain many friends.

When a wise man conquers himself, his conquest is worth something.

When vice is profitable, he errs who does right.

A frog would leap from a throne of gold into a puddle.

It is robbery to receive a favor which you cannot return.

It is robbing, not asking, when you take from a man against his will.

That must be rare which you desire to be a long time precious.

He is truly wise who gains wisdom from another's mishap.

Youth should be governed by reason, not by fo