“All those who offer an opinion on any doubtful point should first clear their minds of every sentiment of dislike, friendship, anger or pity.”
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As the blessings of health and fortune have a beginning, so they must also find an end. Everything rises but to fall, and increases but to decay.
Neither soldiers nor money can defend a king but only friends won by good deeds, merit, and honesty.
The fame that goes with wealth and beauty is fleeting and fragile intellectual superiority is a possession glorious and eternal.
It is a law of human nature that in victory even the coward may boast of his prowess, while defeat injures the reputation even of the brave.
