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A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears for a change in fortune.
Begin, be bold, and venture to be wise.
Men more quickly and more gladly recall what they deride than what they approve and esteem.
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Help a man against his will and you do the same as murder him.
Carpe diem. (Seize the day.)
Who then is free? The one who wisely is lord of themselves, who neither poverty, death or captivity terrify, who is strong to resist his appetites and shun honors, and is complete in themselves smooth and round like a globe
I live and reign since I have abandoned those pleasures which you by your praises extol to the skies.
[Lat., Vivo et regno, simul ista reliqui
Quae vos ad coelum effertis rumore secundo.]
Why then should words challenge Eternity, When greatest men, and greatest actions die? Use may revive the obsoletest words, And banish those that now are most in vogue; Use is the judge, the law, and rule of speech.
Consider well what your strength is equal to, and what exceeds your ability.
Ye who write, choose a subject suited to your abilities.
[Lat., Sumite materiam vestris, qui scribitis, aequam Viribus.]
Multa ferunt anni venientes commoda secum, Multa recedentes adimiunt. (The years, as they come, bring many agreeable things with them; as they go, they take many away.)
Misfortunes, untoward events, lay open, disclose the skill of a general, while success conceals his weakness, his weak points.
Happy the man, and happy he alone, he who can call today his own: he who, secure within, can say, tomorrow do thy worst, for I have lived today. Be fair or foul or rain or shine, the joys I have possessed, in spite of fate, are mine. Not Heaven itself upon the past has power, but what has been, has been, and I have had my hour.
Choose a subject equal to your abilities; think carefully what your shoulders may refuse, and what they are capable of bearing.
Success in the affairs of life often serves to hide one's abilities, whereas adversity frequently gives one an opportunity to discover them.
Mighty to inspire new hopes, and able to drown the bitterness of cares.
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Few cross the river of time and are able to reach non-being. Most of them run up and down only on this side of the river. But those who when they know the law follow the path of the law, they shall reach the other shore and go beyond the realm of death.
