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The sleeping fox catches no poultry.
Nothing preaches better than the act.
I looked around for God's judgments, but saw no signs of them.
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I scarce ever heard or saw the introductory words, "Without vanity I may say," etc., but some vain thing immediately followed.
Do good to your friends to keep them, to your enemies to win them.
If you'd be beloved, make yourself amiable. A true friend is the best possession.
Those renowned generals [Alexander and Caesar] received more faithful service, and performed greater actions by means of the love their soldiers bore them, than they could possibly have done, if instead of being beloved and respected they had been hated and feared by those they commanded.
Hunger never saw bad bread.
Our friend and we were invited aboard on a party of pleasure, which is to last forever. His chair was ready first, and he has gone before us. We could not all conveniently start together; and why should you and I be grieved at this, since we are soon to follow, and know where to find him.
If you would keep your secret from an enemy, tell it not to a friend.
Make use of your friends by being of use to them.
When confronted with two courses of action I jot down on a piece of paper all the arguments in favor of each one, then on the opposite side I write the arguments against each one. Then by weighing the arguments pro and con and cancelling them out, one against the other, I take the course indicated by what remains.
The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit are to be regarded. The sound of your hammer at five in the morning, or at nine at night, heard by a creditor, makes him easy six months longer; but if he sees you at the billiard-table, or hears your voice at a tavern, when you should be at work, he sends for his money the next day.
Never ruin an apology with an excuse.
Little minds think and talk about people.
Average minds think and talk about things and actions.
Great minds think and talk about ideas.
A friend in need is a friend indeed!
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One of the greatest tragedies of life is the murder of a beautiful theory by a gang of brutal facts.
