The populace may hiss me, but when I go home and think of my money, I applaud myself.

Life gives nothing to man without labor.
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Give Labor Life Men
Superfluous words simply spill out when the mind is already full.
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Mind Spill Superfluous
The arrow will not always find the mark intended.
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Arrows Intent Mark People
Joys do not fall to the rich alone; nor has he lived ill of whose birth and death no one took note.
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Birth Fall Joy Note
A good scare is worth more than good advice.
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Advice Funny Simple Life
Who’s started has half finished.
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Finish Half Start
Let the character as it began be preserved to the last; and let it be consistent with itself.
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Character Consistent Last
Remember to preserve a calm soul amid difficulties.
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Attitude Relax Soul
One cannot know everything.
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Everything Know Knowledge
To please great men is not the last degree of praise.
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Degrees Last Men
He will often have to scratch his head, and bite his nails to the quick. [To succeed he will have to puzzle his brains and work hard.]
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Brain Hard Work Nail
The explanation avails nothing, which in leading us from one difficulty involves us in another.
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Difficulty Explanation Involve
A good and faithful judge ever prefers the honorable to the expedient.
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Judge Justice Life Umpires
Rule your mind or it will rule you.
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Inspirational Life Motivational
A good resolve will make any port.
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Adversity Port Resolve
Remember to be calm in adversity.
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Adversity Calm Remember

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