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Be true to your word and your work and your friend.— filed under Constancy
Verses. But the gods are dead- Ay, Zeus is dead, and all the gods but Doubt, And Doubt is brother devil to Despair!— filed under Doubt
The world is large when its weary leagues two loving hearts divide; But the world is small when your enemy is loose on the other side.— filed under Enjoyment
What man would be wise, let him drink of the river That bears on his bosom the record of time; A message to him every wave can deliver To teach him to creep till he knows how to climb.— filed under Expression
Road. Who heeds not experience, trust him not.— filed under Expression
Take gifts with a sigh: most men give to be paid.— filed under Gifts
First Sistiad. L. 276. When honor comes to you be ready to take it; But reach not to seize it before it is near.— filed under Honor
Chamber of Commerce in Bordeaux, Oct. 9, 1852. See B. JERROLD'S Life of Louis Napoleon. For peace do not hope; to be just you must break it. Still work for the minute and not for the year.— filed under Peace
Be silent and safe silence never betrays you.— filed under Silence