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A bad man becomes worse when he apes a saint.

A beautiful face is a mute recommendation.

Adversity shows whether we have friends, or only the shadows of friends.

A disorderly patient makes the physician cruel.

A friend must not be injured, even in jest.

Admonish your friends privately, but praise them openly.

A fair exterior is a silent recommendation.

A frog would leap from a throne of gold into a puddle.

A gift in season is a double favor to the needy.

A god could hardly love and be wise.

A good opportunity is seldom presented, and is easily lost.

A good reputation is more valuable than money.

A great fortune enslaves its owner.

A great man may commence life in a hovel.

A guilty conscience never feels secure.

A hasty judgment is a first step to recantation.

A homely woman is one of the most comely of apes.

Alas how difficult is it to preserve a high reputation!

All delay is helpful, but it does produce wisdom.

All delay is irksome, but it teaches us wisdom.

All powerful is the rule of fashion.

A loss, of which we are ignorant, is no loss.

Always shun whatever may make you angry.

A man suffers death himself as often as he loses those dear to him.

Amid a multitude of projects, no plan is devised.

An agreeable companion on a journey is as good as a carriage.

An angry father is most cruel towards himself.

An angry lover tells himself many lies.

An enemy despised is the most dangerous of all enemies.

An evil conscience is often quiet, but never secure.

An evil gain equals a loss.

Anger would inflict punishment on another; meanwhile, it tortures itself.

An intemperate patient makes a harsh doctor.

A noble spirit finds a cure for injustice in forgetting it.

Any one can hold the helm when the seas are calm.

Apathy borders upon folly.

A pleasant companion reduces the length of the journey.

A pleasant traveling companion on a journey is as good as a carriage. Each day is the scholar of yesterday.

A rolling stone can gather no moss.

A small debt produces a debtor; a large one, an enemy.

A sly piece of good luck, which nobody knows of is delightful.

A small loan makes a debt; a great one an enemy.

As men, we are all equal in the presence of death.

At daybreak, when loath to rise, have this thought in thy mind: I am rising for a man's work.

Audacity augments courage; hesitation, fear.

A tongue prone to slander is the proof of a depraved mind.

Avarice is as destitute of what it has, as poverty of what it has not.

A virtuous wife commands her husband by obeying him.

A wise man will be master of his mind, a fool will be its slave.

A woman either loves or hates; she knows no medium.