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Let deeds match words.
Wisdom is not attained by years, but by ability.
Friendship is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.
Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend.
I would rather be adorned by beauty of character than jewels. Jewels are the gift of fortune, while character comes from within.
Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words.
Courage is what preserves our liberty, safety, life, and our homes and parents, our country and children. Courage comprises all things.
Good courage in a bad affair is half of the evil overcome.
The day, water, sun, moon, night - I do not have to purchase these things with money.
Conquered, we conquer.
It is a tiresome way of speaking when you should despatch the business to beat about the bush.
I count him lost who is lost to shame.
All men love themselves.
The man who masters his own soul will forever be called conqueror of conquerors.
No man will be respected by others who is despised by his own relatives.
It is easier to begin well than to finish well.
It is customary these days to ignore what should be done in favour of what pleases us.