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Nothing is harder to direct than a man in prosperity, nothing more easily managed that one is adversity.

Author: Plutarch

Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage.

Neither blame or praise yourself.

The very spring and root of honesty and virtue lie in good education.

It is indeed a desirable thing to be well-descended but the glory belongs to our ancestors.