Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope.
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Everything has two handles: one by which it may be borne, another by which it cannot.
If one oversteps the bounds of moderation, the greatest pleasures cease to please.
To accuse others for one's own misfortunes is a sign of want of education. To accuse oneself shows that one's education has begun. To accuse neither oneself nor others shows that one's education is complete.
Seek not good from without; seek it within yourselves, or you will never find it.
It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death.
When you are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.
If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
Know you not that a good man does nothing for appearance sake, but for the sake of having done right?
A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope.
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