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Men, like bullets, go farthest when they are smoothest.

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.

A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes another's.

Men, like bullets, go farthest when they are smoothest.

A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterwards.

Sleep, riches, and health, to be truly enjoyed, must be interrupted.

It is easier and handier for men to flatter than to praise.

It is easy to flatter; it is harder to praise.

Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another. -Jean Paul Richter.

Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another.

Like the greatest virtue and the worst dogs, the fiercest hatred is silent.

The greatest hatred, like the greatest virtue and the worst dogs, is silent.

Recollection is the only paradise from which we cannot be turned out.

Only actions give life strength; only moderation gives it charm.

When one remains modest, not after praise but after blame, then is he really so.

Music is moonlight in the gloomy night of life.

What has puzzled us before seems less mysterious, and the crooked paths look straighter as we approach the end.

Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good; try to use ordinary situations.

Recollection is the only paradise from which we cannot be turned out.

He who gives up the smallest part of a secret has the rest no longer in his power.