You may be unconquerable, if you enter into no combat in which it is not in your own power to conquer.
For to that which once exceeds a due measure, there is no bound.
A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.
An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.
Never give up your inner happiness for anything or anyone.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Stand together yet not too near together: For the pillars of the temple stand apart, and the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each other's shadow.
He who spares the wicked injures the good and innocent.
Do not pour fresh mead into a vessel that already leaks at the seams.
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