God bears with the wicked, but not forever.
Facts are the enemy of truth.
God who sends the wound sends the medicine.
That which costs little is less valued.
Liberty, as well as honor, man ought to preserve at the hazard of his life, for without it life is insupportable.
I say that good painters imitated nature; but that bad ones vomited it.
Take away the cause, and the effect ceases.
An honest man’s word is as good as his bond.
The most difficult character in comedy is that of a fool, and he must be no simpleton who plays the part.
Be slow of tongue and quick of eye.
From reading too much, and sleeping too little, his brain dried up on him and he lost his judgment.
Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn.
Never meddle with play-actors, for they’re a favoured race.
Jests that give pains are no jests.
Be brief, for no discourse can please when too long.
All kinds of beauty do not inspire love; there is a kind that only pleases the sight but does not captivate the affections.
He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all.
A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience.
Forewarned, forearmed; to be prepared is half the victory.
Absence, that common cure of love.
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