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A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
If we nourish evil, it will sooner or later turn upon us.
That which we are anxious to find, we are sometimes even more anxious to escape from, when we have succeeded in finding it.
There is no believing a liar, even when he speaks the truth.
Avoid a remedy that is worse than the disease.
If words suffice not, blows must follow.
Avoid even appearances of danger.
Disunited families are easily injured by others.
Flattery is not a proof of admiration.
Revile not things beyond your reach.
They are not wise who take to themselves the credit due to others.
If men had all they wished, they would be often ruined.
Hospitality is a virtue, but should be wisely exercised; we may by thoughtlessness entertain foes instead of friends.
Advice prompted by selfishness should not be heeded.
Every one to his trade.
If you wish to do a service, do it right.
In quarreling about the shadow we often lose the substance.
Laziness often prepares a burden for its own back.
The conspicuous run the greatest risk.
In union is strength.
It is not wise to be too greedy.
Idleness brings want.
Zeal should not outrun discretion.
Our insignificance is often the cause of our safety.
Change not friends for foes.
Those who practice cunning must expect to suffer by it.
Perseverance is surer than swiftness.
A mother's love blinds her to many imperfections.
"Pray do not grieve so; bury a stone in the hole, and fancy it is the gold. It will serve you just as well, for when the gold was there you made no use of it."
Invitations prompted by selfishness are not to be accepted.
Those who cannot take care of their own, should not be entrusted with the care of another's property.
It sometimes happens that one man has all the toil, and another all the profit.
What is safety for one is not always safety for another.
We should not permit our ambition to lead us beyond the limits of our power.
Every man for his trade.
They who assume a character will betray themselves by their actions.
Where one may live, another may starve.
No disguise will hide one's true character.
Counsel, without help, is useless.
To aid the vicious is to become a partner in their guilt.
The covetous are poor givers.
Those who suffer most cry out the least.
It is not wise, to hold too exalted an opinion of one's self.
Some men despise their best blessings because they come without cost.
Those who are not able to roam should stay at home.
Kindness to the ungrateful and the vicious is thrown away.
Flattery is a dangerous weapon in the hands of an enemy.
Fine feathers don't make fine birds.
By too much attention to danger, we may fall victims to it.
Those who stir up enmities are not to be trusted.
