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Before you act, consider; when you have considered, tis fully time to act.

By the wicked the good conduct of others is always dreaded.

The firmest friendship is based on an identity of likes and dislikes.

By union the smallest states thrive. By discord the greatest are destroyed.

Kings are more prone to mistrust the good than the bad; and they are always afraid of the virtues of others.

When the prizes fall to the lot of the wicked, you will not find many who
are virtuous for virtue's sake.

The fame which is based on wealth or beauty is a frail and fleeting thing; but virtue shines for ages with undiminished lustre.

Each man the architect of his own fate.

A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.

Small endeavours obtain strength by unity of action: the most powerful are broken down by discord.

Small communities grow great through harmony, great ones fall to pieces through discord.

The poorest of men are the most useful to those seeking power.

To have the same desires and the same aversion is assuredly a firm bond of friendship.

One can ever assume to be what he is not, and to conceal what he is.

Advise well before you begin, and when you have maturely considered, then act with promptitude.

In battle it is the cowards who run the most risk; bravery is a rampart of defense.

Do as much as possible, and talk of yourself as little as possible.

Think like a man of action, and act like a man of thought.

Among intellectual pursuits, one of the most useful is the recording of past events.

The renown which riches or beauty confer is fleeting and frail mental excellence is a splendid and lasting possession.

Fame is the shadow of passion standing in the light

Ambition breaks the ties of blood, and forgets the obligations of gratitude.

The very life which we enjoy is short.
[Lat., Vita ipsa qua fruimur brevis est.]

No man underestimates the wrongs he suffers; many take them more seriously than is right.

Poor Britons, there is some good in them after all - they produced an oyster.

It is sweet to surve one country by deeds, and it is not absurd to surve her by words.

To have the same likes and dislikes, therein consists the firmest bond of friendship.

Get good counsel before you begin; and when you have decided, act promptly.

The glory of wealth and of beauty is fleeting and frail; virtue is illustrious and everlasting.

In victory even the cowardly like to boast, while in adverse times even the brave are discredited.

A small state increases by concord; the greatest falls gradually to ruin by dissension.

It is a law of human nature that in victory even the coward may boast of his prowess, while defeat injures the reputation even of the brave.

But few prize honour more than money.

Necessity makes even the timid brave.

Just to stir things up seemed a great reward in itself.

Greedy for the property of others, extravagant with his own

We employ the mind to rule, the body to serve.

Prosperity tries the souls even of the wise.

It is always easy to begin a war, but very difficult to stop one.

Most honorable are services rendered to the State; even if they do not go beyond words, they are not to be despised.

All those who offer an opinion on any doubtful point should first clear their minds of every sentiment of dislike, friendship, anger or pity.

No mortal man has ever served at the same time his passions and his best interests.

It is better to use fair means and fail, than foul and conquer.

For harmony makes small states great, while discord undermines the mightiest empires.

Harmony makes small things grow, lack of it makes great things decay.

A good man prefers to suffer rather than overcome injustice with evil.

The soul is the captain and ruler of the life of morals.

There were few who preferred honor to money.

Ambition drove many men to become false; to have one thought locked in the breast, another ready on the tongue.

The higher your station, the less your liberty.

Distinguished ancestors shed a powerful light on their descendants, and forbid the concealment either of their merits or of their demerits.

As the blessings of health and fortune have a beginning, so they must also find an end. Everything rises but to fall, and increases but to decay.

Neither soldiers nor money can defend a king but only friends won by good deeds, merit, and honesty.

No grief reaches the dead.

To like and dislike the same things, this is what makes a solid friendship.

Those most moved to tears by every word of a preacher are generally weak and a rascal when the feelings evaporate.

Not by vows nor by womanish prayers is the help of the
gods obtained; success comes through vigilance, energy,
wise counsel.

To desire the same things and to reject the same things, constitutes true friendship.
[Lat., Idem velle et idem nolle ea demum firma amicitia est.]

They envy the distinction I have won; let them, therefore, envy my toils, my honesty, and the methods by which I gained it.

The glory that goes with wealth is fleeting and fragile; virtue is a possession glorious and eternal.

Every bad precedent originated as a justifiable measure.

All who consult on doubtful matters, should be void of hatred, friendship, anger, and pity.

Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.

Now these things never happened, but always are.

Everything that rises sets, and everything that grows, grows old.

To someone seeking power, the poorest man is the most useful.

In my opinion it is less shameful for a king to be overcome by force of arms than by bribery.

He that will be angry for anything will be angry for nothing.

In my own case, who have spent my whole life in the practice of virtue, right conduct from habitual has become natural.

Fortune rules in all things, and advances and depresses things more out of her own will than right and justice.

But the case has proved that to be true which Appius says in his songs, that each man is the maker of his own fate.

Only a few prefer liberty- the majority seek nothing more than fair masters.