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 In human life there is constant change of fortune; and it is unreasonable to expect an exemption from the common fate. Life itself decays, and all things are daily changing.

 In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker

 It is a thing of no great difficulty to raise objections against another man's oration, nay, it is a very easy matter; but to produce a better in its place is a work extremely troublesome

 It is better to have no opinion of God at all than such as one as is unworthy of him; for the one is only unbelief - the other is contempt

 It is indeed a desirable thing to be well descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors

 It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risk everything.

 It is the admirer of himself, and not the admirer of virtue, that thinks himself superior to others

 Let us carefully observe those good qualities wherein our enemies excel us; and endeavor to excel them, by avoiding what is faulty, and imitating what is excellent in them.

 Medicine to produce health must examine disease; and music, to create harmony must investigate discord.

 Moral habits, induced by public practices, are far quicker in making their way into men's private lives, than the failings and faults of individuals are in infecting the city at large.

 Neither blame or praise yourself.

 No man ever wetted clay and then left it, as if there would be bricks by chance and fortune.

 Nor is it always in the most distinguished achievements that men's virtues or vices may be best discovered; but very often an action of small note, a short saying, or a jest, shall distinguish a person's real character more than the greatest sieges,

 Not by lamentations and mournful chants ought we to celebrate the funeral of a good man, but by hymns, for in ceasing to be numbered with mortals he enters upon the heritage of a diviner life.

 Nothing is cheap which is superfluous, for what one does not need, is dear at a penny


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