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It is late to be devising expedients when the danger is at hand.

Bright faculties are the source of wisdom, not length of years.

It is late to guard against evil, when it has already come.

If you would fear nothing, fear everything.

If you are mariner, let landsmen's business alone.

There will always be some to hate you, if you love yourself.

Vice is constrained to be its own curse.

To overthrow law, is to destroy our greatest protection.

He punishes himself who repents of his deeds.

He is the most hostile of enemies whose friendship is unreal.

The greatest of empires, is the empire over one's self.

The probity which is only assumed, is depravity doubly distilled.

Guilt's assistant is guilt's participant.

To have the universe bear one company, would be a great consolation in de