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Calumny is only the noise of madmen.
To arrive at perfection, a man should have very sincere friends or inveterate enemies; because he would be made sensible of his good or ill conduct, either by the censures of the one or the admonitions of the other.
The noblest people are those despising wealth, learning, pleasure and life; esteeming above them poverty, ignorance, hardship and death.
When the slave auctioneer asked in what he was proficient, he replied, "In ruling people.
If a man deceives me once, shame on him; if he deceives me twice, shame on me.
No man is hurt but by himself.
When asked what was the proper time for supper: If you are a rich man, whenever you please; and if you are a poor man, whenever you can.
The only way to gall and fret effectively is for yourself to be a good and honest man.
Man is the most intelligent of the animals - and the most silly.
Wise kings generally have wise counselors; and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one.
