"People are always neglecting something they can do in trying to do something they can't do."

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"When a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it."

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"Instead of loving your enemies - treat your friends a little better."

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"No man would listen to you talk if he didn't know it was his turn next."

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"If a man has money, it is usually a sign, too, that he knows how to take care of it; don't imagine his money is easy to get simply because he has plenty of it."

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"Living up to ideals is like doing everyday work with your Sunday clothes on."

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"The last resort of kings, the cannonball. The last resort of the people, the paving stone."

"It is not true that people are naturally equal for no two people can be together for even a half an hour without one acquiring an evident superiority over the other."

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"We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones."