You may safely leave that matter to take care of itself.

You may safely leave that matter to take care of itself.

Clean hands are better than full ones in the sight of God.

Clean hands are better than full ones in the sight of God.

Stir not dying embers.

Stir not dying embers.

The mind that broods o'er guilty woes
Is like a scorpion girt by fire.

The mind that broods o'er guilty woes
Is like a scorpion girt by fire.

Rest strengthens the body, the mind too is thus supported; but
unremitting toil destroys both.

Rest strengthens the body, the mind too is thus supported; but
unremitting toil destroys both.

Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
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Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
Of all the wonders that I yet have heard.
It seems to me most strange that men should fear,
Seeing that death, a necessary end,
Will come when it will come.

Strike the iron whilst it is hot.

Strike the iron whilst it is hot.

Led on by impulse, and blind and ungovernable desires.

Led on by impulse, and blind and ungovernable desires.

Ants will not go to an empty granary, and friends will not visit
us when our wealth is gone.

Ants will not go to an empty granary, and friends will not visit
us when our wealth is gone.