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All happiness is in the mind.

A smooth sea never made a skilled mariner.

Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.

Proportion your expenses to what you have, not what you expect.

If you want to be happy for a year, plant a garden; if you want to be happy for life, plant a tree.

Danger and delight grow on one stalk.

A man is as old as he feels himself to be.

A full cup must be carried steadily.

The absent are always in the wrong.

Kisses that are easily obtained are easily forgotten.

Write down the advice of him who loves you, though you like it not at present.

Poor men seek meat for their stomach, rich men stomach for their meat.

Waste makes want.

Use soft words and hard arguments.

Never love with all your heart, it only ends in breaking.

Don't fall before you're pushed.

Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.

He that plants trees loves others besides himself.

The greater the sinner, the greater the saint.

Give neither advice nor salt, until you are asked for it.

A stumble may prevent a fall.