An expression of no-encouragement.

A reputation for a thousand years may depend upon the conduct of a single moment

The province of philosophy is not so much to prevent calamities befalling as to demonstrate that they are blessings when they have taken place

A reputation for a thousand years may depend upon the conduct of a single moment.

There are few situations in life that cannot be resolved promptly, and to the satisfaction of all concerned, by either suicide, a bag of gold, or thrusting a despised antagonist over a precipice on a dark night

Although there exist many thousand subjects for elegant conversation, there are persons who cannot meet a cripple without talking about feet.