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 It is a most miserable lot to be without an enemy. [No man can 
be successful without being envied read more 
 It is a most miserable lot to be without an enemy. [No man can 
be successful without being envied and hated.] 
 Dreading that climax of all earthly ills,
 The inflammation of his weekly bills.  
 Dreading that climax of all earthly ills,
 The inflammation of his weekly bills. 
Endure the present, and watch for better things.
Endure the present, and watch for better things.
 The greatest power of ruling consists in the exercise of 
self-control.  
 The greatest power of ruling consists in the exercise of 
self-control. 
 Better to be despised for too anxious apprehensions than ruined 
by too confident a security.  
 Better to be despised for too anxious apprehensions than ruined 
by too confident a security. 
Hee that strikes with his tongue, must ward with his head.
Hee that strikes with his tongue, must ward with his head.
 The sense of death is most in apprehension,
 And the poor beetle that we tread upon
  In read more 
 The sense of death is most in apprehension,
 And the poor beetle that we tread upon
  In corporal sufferance finds a pang as great
   As when a giant dies. 
Nothing is so secure as that money will not defeat it.
Nothing is so secure as that money will not defeat it.
Wee leave more to do when wee dye, then wee have done.
Wee leave more to do when wee dye, then wee have done.