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It is a disgraceful indigence which springs from extravagance.

It is a disgraceful loss which is chargeable to negligence.

When one man is protected [by law] all men are safe.

The highest safety is to fear nought but the Almighty.

The poor man is ruined as soon as he begins to ape the rich.

When you purchase another's property, you must part with some of your own.

Where destiny blunders, human prudence will not avail.

When innocence trembles, it condemns the judge.

Where the accuser is the judge, power rules and not law.

When liberty has fallen, no one dares to open his mouth.

The greater your joys, the greater your occasion for fear.

When every body is guilty, the prayer for relief will avail little.

When life is a continual terror, death is a blessing.

When the elder do wrong, the younger learn the lesson.

When caution keeps watch, naught comes to pass to be drea