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  1. Aphorism #53 Diligent and Intelligent.
  2. Aphorism #54 Know how to show your Teeth.
  3. Aphorism #55 Wait.
  4. Aphorism #56 Have Presence of Mind.
  5. Aphorism #57 Slow and Sure.
  6. Aphorism #58 Adapt Yourself to your Company.
  7. Aphorism #59 Finish off well.
  8. Aphorism #60 A Sound Judgment.
  9. Aphorism #61 To Excel in what is Excellent.
  10. Aphorism #62 Use good Instruments.
  11. Aphorism #63 To he the First of the Kind is an Excellence,
  12. Aphorism #64 Avoid Worry.
  13. Aphorism #65 Elevated Taste.
  14. Aphorism #66 See that Things end well.
  15. Aphorism #67 Prefer Callings "en Evidence."
  16. Aphorism #68 It is better to help with Intelligence than with Memory.
  17. Aphorism #69 Do not give way to every common Impulse.
  18. Aphorism #70 Know how to Refuse.
  19. Aphorism #71 Do not Vacillate.
  20. Aphorism #72 Be Resolute.
  21. Aphorism #73 Utilise Slips.
  22. Aphorism #74 Do not be Unsociable.
  23. Aphorism #75 Choose an Heroic Ideal;
  24. Aphorism #76 Do not always be Jesting.
  25. Aphorism #77 Be all Things to all Men
  26. Aphorism #78 The Art of undertaking Things.
  27. Aphorism #79 A Genial Disposition
  28. Aphorism #80 Take care to get Information.
  29. Aphorism #81 Renew your Brilliance.
  30. Aphorism #82 Drain Nothing to the Dregs, neither Good nor Ill.
  31. Aphorism #83 Allow Yourself some venial Fault.
  32. Aphorism #84 Make use of your Enemies.
  33. Aphorism #85 Do not play Manille.
  34. Aphorism #86 Prevent Scandal.
  35. Aphorism #87 Culture and Elegance.
  36. Aphorism #88 Let your Behaviour be Fine and Noble.
  37. Aphorism #89 Know Yourself
  38. Aphorism #90 The Secret of Long Life
  39. Aphorism #91 Never set to work at anything if you have any doubts of its Prudence
  40. Aphorism #92 Transcendant Wisdom.
  41. Aphorism #93 Versatility.
  42. Aphorism #94 Keep the extent of your Abilities unknown.
  43. Aphorism #95 Keep Expectation alive.
  44. Aphorism #96 The highest Discretion.
  45. Aphorism #97 Obtain and preserve a Reputation.
  46. Aphorism #98 Write your Intentions in Cypher.
  47. Aphorism #99 Reality and Appearance.
  48. Aphorism #100 A Man without Illusions, a wise Christian, a philosophic Courtier.
  49. Aphorism #101 One half of the World laughs at the other, and Fools are they all.
  50. Aphorism #102 Be able to stomach big slices of Luck.
  51. Aphorism #103 Let each keep up his Dignity.
  52. Aphorism #112 Gain Good-will.
  53. Aphorism #113 In Prosperity prepare for Adversity.
  54. Aphorism #114 Never Compete.
  55. Aphorism #115 Get used to the Failings of your Familiars,
  56. Aphorism #116 Only act with Honourable Men.
  57. Aphorism #117 Never talk of Yourself.
  58. Aphorism #118 Acquire the Reputation of Courtesy;
  59. Aphorism #119 Avoid becoming Disliked.
  60. Aphorism #120 Live Practically.
  61. Aphorism #121 Do not make a Business of what is no Business.
  62. Aphorism #122 Distinction in Speech and Action.
  63. Aphorism #123 Avoid Affectation.
  64. Aphorism #124 Get Yourself missed.
  65. Aphorism #125 Do not be a Black List.
  66. Aphorism #126 Folly consists not in committing Folly, but in not hiding it when comm
  67. Aphorism #127 Grace in Everything.
  68. Aphorism #128 Highmindedness.
  69. Aphorism #129 Never complain.
  70. Aphorism #130 Do and be seen Doing.
  71. Aphorism #131 Nobility of Feeling.
  72. Aphorism #132 Revise your Judgments.
  73. Aphorism #133 Better Mad with the rest of the World than Wise alone.
  74. Aphorism #134 Double your Resources.
  75. Aphorism #135 Do not nourish the Spirit of Contradiction.
  76. Aphorism #136 Post Yourself in the Centre of Things.
  77. Aphorism #137 The Sage should be Self-sufficing.
  78. Aphorism #138 The Art of letting Things alone.
  79. Aphorism #139 Recognise unlucky Days.
  80. Aphorism #140 Find the Good in a Thing at once.
  81. Aphorism #141 Do not listen to Yourself.
  82. Aphorism #142 Never from Obstinacy take the Wrong Side because your Opponent has ant
  83. Aphorism #143 Never become Paradoxical in order to avoid the Trite.
  84. Aphorism #144 Begin with Another's to end with your Own.
  85. Aphorism #145 Do not show your wounded Finger,
  86. Aphorism #146 Look into the Interior of Things.
  87. Aphorism #147 Do not be Inaccessible.
  88. Aphorism #148 Have the Art of Conversation.
  89. Aphorism #149 Know how to put off Ills on Others.
  90. Aphorism #150 Know to get your Price for Things.
  91. Aphorism #151 Think beforehand.
  92. Aphorism #152 Never have a Companion who casts you in the Shade.
  93. Aphorism #153 Beware of entering where there is a great Gap to be filled.
  94. Aphorism #154 Do not Believe, or Like, lightly.
  95. Aphorism #155 The Art of getting into a Passion.
  96. Aphorism #156 Select your Friends.
  97. Aphorism #157 Do not make Mistakes about Character.
  98. Aphorism #158 Make use of your Friends.
  99. Aphorism #159 Put up with Fools.
  100. Aphorism #160 Be careful in Speaking.
  101. Aphorism #161 Know your pet Faults.
  102. Aphorism #162 How to triumph over Rivals and Detractors.
  103. Aphorism #163 Never, from Sympathy with the Unfortunate, involve Yourself in his Fat
  104. Aphorism #164 Throw Straws in the Air,
  105. Aphorism #165 Wage War Honourably.
  106. Aphorism #166 Distinguish the Man of Words from the Man of Deeds.
  107. Aphorism #167 Know how to take your own Part.
  108. Aphorism #168 Do not indulge in the Eccentricities of Folly.
  109. Aphorism #169 Be more careful not to Miss once than to Hit a hundred times.
  110. Aphorism #170 In all Things keep Something in Reserve.
  111. Aphorism #171 Waste not Influence.
  112. Aphorism #172 Never contend with a Man who has nothing to Lose;
  113. Aphorism #173 Do not be Glass in Intercourse, still less in Friendship.
  114. Aphorism #174 Do not live in a Hurry.
  115. Aphorism #175 A Solid Man.
  116. Aphorism #176 Have Knowledge, or know those that have Knowledge.
  117. Aphorism #177 Avoid Familiarities in Intercourse.
  118. Aphorism #178 Trust your Heart,
  119. Aphorism #179 Reticence is the Seal of Capacity.
  120. Aphorism #180 Never guide the Enemy to what he has to do.
  121. Aphorism #181 The Truth, but not the whole Truth.
  122. Aphorism #182 A Grain of Boldness in Everything.
  123. Aphorism #183 Do not hold your Views too firmly.
  124. Aphorism #184 Do not be Ceremonious.
  125. Aphorism #185 Never stake your Credit on a single Cast;
  126. Aphorism #186 Recognise Faults, however high placed.
  127. Aphorism #187 Do pleasant Things Yourself, unpleasant Things through Others.
  128. Aphorism #188 Be the Bearer of Praise.
  129. Aphorism #189 Utilise Another's Wants.
  130. Aphorism #190 Find Consolation in all Things.
  131. Aphorism #191 Do not take Payment in Politeness;
  132. Aphorism #192 Peaceful Life, a long Life.
  133. Aphorism #193 Watch him that begins with Another's to end with his own.
  134. Aphorism #194 Have reasonable Views of Yourself and of your Affairs,
  135. Aphorism #195 Know how to Appreciate.
  136. Aphorism #196 Know your ruling Star.
  137. Aphorism #197 Do not carry Fools on your Back.
  138. Aphorism #198 Know how to transplant Yourself.
  139. Aphorism #199 To find a proper Place by Merit, not by Presumption.
  140. Aphorism #200 Leave Something to wish for,
  141. Aphorism #201 They are all Fools who seem so besides half the rest.
  142. Aphorism #202 Words and Deeds make the Perfect Man.
  143. Aphorism #203 Know the great Men of your Age.
  144. Aphorism #204 Attempt easy Tasks as if they were difficult, and difficult as if they
  145. Aphorism #205 Know how to play the Card of Contempt.
  146. Aphorism #206 Know that there are vulgar Natures everywhere,
  147. Aphorism #207 Be Moderate.
  148. Aphorism #208 Do not die of the Fools' Disease.
  149. Aphorism #209 Keep Yourself free from common Follies.
  150. Aphorism #210 Know how to play the Card of Truth.
  151. Aphorism #211 In Heaven all is bliss:
  152. Aphorism #212 Keep to Yourself the final Touches of your Art.
  153. Aphorism #213 Know how to Contradict.
  154. Aphorism #214 Do not turn one Blunder into two.
  155. Aphorism #215 Watch him that acts on Second Thoughts.
  156. Aphorism #216 Be Expressive.
  157. Aphorism #217 Neither Love nor Hate, for ever
  158. Aphorism #218 Never act from Obstinacy but from Knowledge.
  159. Aphorism #219 Do not pass for a Hypocrite,
  160. Aphorism #220 If you cannot clothe Yourself in Lionskin use Foxpelt.
  161. Aphorism #221 Do not seize Occasions to embarrass Yourself or Others.
  162. Aphorism #222 Reserve is proof of Prudence.
  163. Aphorism #223 Be not Eccentric,
  164. Aphorism #224 Never take Things against the Grain,
  165. Aphorism #225 Know your chief Fault.
  166. Aphorism #226 Take care to be Obliging.
  167. Aphorism #227 Do not be the Slave of First Impressions.
  168. Aphorism #228 Do not be a Scandal-monger.
  169. Aphorism #229 Plan out your Life wisely,
  170. Aphorism #230 Open your Eyes betimes.
  171. Aphorism #231 Never let Things be seen half-finished.
  172. Aphorism #232 Have a Touch of the Trader.
  173. Aphorism #233 Let not the proffered Morsel be distasteful;
  174. Aphorism #234 Never trust your Honour to another, unless you have his in Pledge.
  175. Aphorism #235 Know how to Ask.
  176. Aphorism #236 Make an Obligation beforehand of what would have to be a Reward afterw
  177. Aphorism #237 Never share the Secrets of your Superiors.
  178. Aphorism #238 Know what is wanting in Yourself.
  179. Aphorism #239 Do not be Captious.
  180. Aphorism #240 Make use of Folly.
  181. Aphorism #241 Put up with Raillery, but do not practise it.
  182. Aphorism #242 Push Advantages.
  183. Aphorism #243 Do not be too much of a Dove.
  184. Aphorism #244 Create a feeling of Obligation.
  185. Aphorism #245 Original and out-of-the-way Views
  186. Aphorism #246 Never offer Satisfaction unless it is demanded.
  187. Aphorism #247 Know a little more, live a little less.
  188. Aphorism #248 Do not go with the last Speaker.
  189. Aphorism #249 Never begin Life with what should end it.
  190. Aphorism #250 When to change the Conversation.
  191. Aphorism #251 Use human Means as if there were no divine ones, and divine as if ther
  192. Aphorism #252 Neither belong entirely to Yourself nor entirely to Others.
  193. Aphorism #253 Do not Explain overmuch.
  194. Aphorism #254 Never despise an Evil, however small,
  195. Aphorism #255 Do Good a little at a time, but often.
  196. Aphorism #256 Go armed against Discourtesy,
  197. Aphorism #257 Never let Matters come to a Rupture,
  198. Aphorism #258 Find out some one to share your Troubles.
  199. Aphorism #259 Anticipate Injuries and turn them into Favours.
  200. Aphorism #260 We belong to none and none to us, entirely.
  201. Aphorism #261 Do not follow up a Folly.
  202. Aphorism #262 Be able to Forget.
  203. Aphorism #263 Many things of Taste one should not possess oneself.
  204. Aphorism #264 Have no careless Days.
  205. Aphorism #265 Set those under you difficult Task,
  206. Aphorism #266 Do not become Bad from sheer Goodness.
  207. Aphorism #267 Silken Words, sugared Manners.
  208. Aphorism #268 The Wise do at once what the Fool does at last.
  209. Aphorism #269 Make use of the Novelty of your Position;
  210. Aphorism #270 Do not condemn alone that which pleases all.
  211. Aphorism #271 In every Occupation if you know little stick to the safest.
  212. Aphorism #272 Sell Things by the Tariff of Courtesy.
  213. Aphorism #273 Comprehend their Dispositions with whom you deal,
  214. Aphorism #274 Be Attractive.
  215. Aphorism #275 Join in the Game as far as Decency permits.
  216. Aphorism #276 Know how to renew your Character,
  217. Aphorism #277 Display yourself.
  218. Aphorism #278 Avoid Notoriety in all Things.
  219. Aphorism #279 Do not contradict the Contradicter.
  220. Aphorism #280 Be Trustworthy.
  221. Aphorism #281 Find Favour with Men of Sense.
  222. Aphorism #282 Make use of Absence to make yourself more esteemed or valued.
  223. Aphorism #283 Have the Gift of Discovery.
  224. Aphorism #284 Do not be Importunate,
  225. Aphorism #285 Never die of another's Ill-luck.
  226. Aphorism #286 Do not become responsible for all or for every one,
  227. Aphorism #287 Never act in a Passion.
  228. Aphorism #288 Live for the Moment.
  229. Aphorism #289 Nothing depreciates a Man more than to show he is a Man like other Men
  230. Aphorism #290 ’Tis a piece of good Fortune to combine Men's Love and Respect.
  231. Aphorism #291 Know how to Test.
  232. Aphorism #292 Let your personal Qualities surpass those of your Office,
  233. Aphorism #293 Maturity.
  234. Aphorism #294 Be moderate in your Views.
  235. Aphorism #295 Do not affect what you have not effected.
  236. Aphorism #296 Noble Qualities.
  237. Aphorism #297 Always act as if your Acts were seen.
  238. Aphorism #298 Three Things go to a Prodigy.
  239. Aphorism #299 Leave off Hungry.
  240. Aphorism #300 In one word, be a Saint.
  241. Aphorism #1 Everything is at its Acme;
  242. Aphorism #2 Character and Intellect:
  243. Aphorism #3 Keep Matters for a Time in Suspense.
  244. Aphorism #4 Knowledge and Courage
  245. Aphorism #5 Create a Feeling of Dependence.
  246. Aphorism #6 A Man at his Highest Point.
  247. Aphorism #7 Avoid Victories over Superiors.
  248. Aphorism #8 To be without Passions.
  249. Aphorism #9 Avoid the Faults of your Nation.
  250. Aphorism #10 Fortune and Fame.