1037.
Verily he abounds in virtues who [merely] loves those of others.
1038.
Count not him among your friends who will retail your privacies to the world.
1039.
Do not be too hasty in accusing, or approving any one.
1040.
You know neither what to hope or fear; you are the sport of a day.
1041.
He can do no harm who has lost the desire to do it.
1042.
Unless degree is preserved, the first place is safe for no one.[1]
1043.
It is no profit to have learned well, if you neglect to do well.
1044.
Reason avails nothing when passion has the mastery.
1045.
There is no problem so difficult that it can not be solved by investigation.
1046.
You should not lead one life in private and another in public.
1047.
You are not yet happy if the rabble do not make sport of you.
1048.
The house is by no means straightened that holds many friends.
1049.
There is no fortune so good that you can not complain of it.
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Take but degree away, untune that string,
And, hark, what discord follows! each thing meets
In mere oppugnancy. - Troilus and Cressida.
