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To be humble to superiors is duty; to equals courtesy; to inferiors nobleness.
As pride increases, fortune declines. He is not well-bred, that cannot bear ill-breeding in others. Mankind are very odd creatures: One half censure what they practise, the other half practise Trust yourself, and another shall not betray you. Duty is not beneficial because it is commanded, but it is commanded because it is beneficial. Avoid dishonest gain: no price can recompense the pangs of vice. He that cannot obey, cannot command. Who is rich? He that rejoices in his portion. An undutiful daughter will prove an unmanageable wife. The sleeping fox catches no poultry. Up! Up! As we must account for every idle word, so we must for every idle silence. You may be more happy than princes, if you will be more virtuous. The same man cannot be both friend and flatterer. Meanness is the parent of insolence. Instead of cursing the darkness, light a candle. If you'd have a servant that you like, serve yourself. Wish not so much to live long, as to live well. He that won't be counselled, can't be helped. Approve not of him who commends all you say. The thrifty maxim of the wary Dutch, is to save all the money they can touch. Write with the learned, pronounce with the vulgar. Glass, china, and reputation are easily cracked, and never well mended. To lengthen thy life, lessen thy meals. Experience keeps a dear school, yet fools will learn in no other. He that buys by the penny, maintains not only himself, but other people. He that has a trade, has an estate. Little rogues easily become great ones.
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