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In seeking wisdom thou art wise; in imagining that thou hast attained it - thou art a fool.

If thou art master to thyself, circumstances shall harm thee little.

It is best to love wisely, no doubt; but to love foolishly is better than not to be able to love at all.

Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee.

Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course.

In marriage do thou be wise: prefer the person before money, virtue before beauty, the mind before the body; then thou hast a wife, a friend, a companion, a second self.

Speak the truth, do not yield to anger; give, if thou art asked for little; by these three steps thou wilt go near the gods.

Thou hast created us for Thyself, and our heart is not quiet until it rests in Thee.