| Quotes |
Topic |
| Ability | Men, like bullets, go farthest when they are smoothest. |
| Anger | Anger wishes that all mankind had only one neck; love, that it had only one heart; grief, two tear-glands; and pride, two bent knees. |
| Character | A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes another's. |
| Courtesy | Men, like bullets, go farthest when they are smoothest. |
| Danger | A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterwards. |
| Enjoyment | Sleep, riches, and health, to be truly enjoyed, must be interrupted. |
| Flattery | It is easier and handier for men to flatter than to praise. |
| Flattery | It is easy to flatter; it is harder to praise. |
| Forgiveness | Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another. -Jean Paul Richter. |
| Forgiveness | Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another. |
| Hate | Like the greatest virtue and the worst dogs, the fiercest hatred is silent. |
| Hatred | The greatest hatred, like the greatest virtue and the worst dogs, is silent. |
| Memory | Recollection is the only paradise from which we cannot be turned out. |
| Moderation | Only actions give life strength; only moderation gives it charm. |
| Modesty | When one remains modest, not after praise but after blame, then is he really so. |
| Music | Music is moonlight in the gloomy night of life. |
| Mystery | What has puzzled us before seems less mysterious, and the crooked paths look straighter as we approach the end. |
| Opportunity | Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good; try to use ordinary situations. |
| Paradise | Recollection is the only paradise from which we cannot be turned out. |
| Secrecy | He who gives up the smallest part of a secret has the rest no longer in his power. |
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