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Advise your friend in private and praise him in public.

Misfortunes double our memory.

Secure your ship with two anchors.

Learn to forgive and your strength will increase.

To die while you are spoiled by life.

A missed opportunity rarely comes around a second time.

Fortune hates him to whom he shows too much kindness.

Fortune gives much in use and nothing in property.

Fortune takes nothing from us, except what it has given us.

Fortune is like glass: the more dazzling it is, the more fragile it is.

The good wife leads her husband by submitting to him.

Here's a good job: root out evil, not evildoers.

Often something well thought out goes wrong.

Having your conscience gnaw at you is worse than being a slave.

Often, in doubtful circumstances, boldness supersedes long-thought-out decision.

It is often better to ignore the offense than to retaliate for it.

Fears come true more often than hopes.

Man is not given as a gift to life, but given on loan.

Man dies whenever he loses those close to him.

The better a player is, the trickier he is.

To make you lost, fate takes your mind.

Others like ours better, and we like other people's better.

The sage corrects his defect by looking at his neighbor.

Spare the bad if the good must perish with him.

Young people gladly listen to bad advice.