When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.
The hand of liberality is stronger than the arm of power.
He who is a slave to his stomach seldom worships God.
The stranger has no friend, unless it be a stranger.
Ants, fighting together, will vanquish the lion.
He who is intoxicated with wine will be sober again in the course of the night, but he who is intoxicated by the cupbearer will not recover his senses until the day of judgement.
The remedy against want is to moderate your desires.
Virtue pardons the wicked, as the sandal-tree perfumes the axe which strikes it.
I have not asked for life. But I try to accept whatever life brings without surprise. And I shall depart again without having questioned anyone about my strange stay here on earth.
The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on: nor all your Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, Nor all your Tears wash out a Word of it.
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