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The happy man is not he who seems thus to others, but who seems thus to himself.

You may despair of quiet, if you manage the affairs of women.

Error and repentance are the attendants on hasty decisions.

He who conquers his passions is a man of more nerve than he who subdues the enemy.

In vain may you ask back your youth when old age has come on.

The thunderbolt is forged when anger and power meet together.

He finds assistance in adversity who renders services in prosperity.

How terrible is that anguish which can find no voice amid tortures!

How grievous to suffer at the hand of him of whom you dare not complain!

It is a bitter dose to be taught obedience after you have learned to rule.

How many causes for repentance do we find in a long life!

Mercy to the afflicted is a [prudent] remembrance of one's self.

We have one opinion of ourselves, and another of our neig