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Maturity is the slowness in which a man believes..

No one demands more caution than a spy, and when someone has the skeleton key to minds, counter him by leaving the key of caution inside, on the othe….

Do pleasant things yourself, but unpleasant things through others..

Two kinds of people are good at foreseeing danger: those who have learned at their own expense, and the clever people who learn a great deal at the e….

Work is the price which is paid for reputation..

A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends..

What is not seen is as if it was not. Even the Right does not receive proper consideration if it does not seem right..

Advice is sometimes transmitted more successfully through a joke than grave teaching..

Knowledge without wisdom is double folly..

We live by information, not by sight..

Truth is for the minority..

Let the first impulse pass, wait for the second..

A beautiful woman should break her mirror early..

Respect yourself if you would have others respect you..

Keep expectation alive. Keep stirring it up. Let much promise more, and great deeds herald greater..

They make the greatest show of what they have done, who have done least..

Courtesy is the politic witchery of great personages..

Rate the intensive above the extensive. The perfect does not lie in quantity, but in quality..

True knowledge lies in knowing how to live..

Quit while you're ahead. All the best gamblers do..