Part 2

Before you marry, Luisa, know well to whom you will be united. Whoever undertakes a long journey, if he be wise, makes it his business to find a good and agreeable companion.

Success is like a great rock up which you can only climb with great difficulty, and from which it is very easy, and also very dangerous, to fall.

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«He who seeketh danger, perisheth therein» so said Sancho. It is not prudent to attempt an exploit so dangerous, that we only escape from it through a miracle.

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Do not measure a man by inches. A small man may be a giant in fame and knowledge.

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Fortune sometimes directs our affairs better than we could have dared to wish.

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Covetousness bursts the bag.

If you wish to be just, study first your subject, and then imagine yourself in the place of your opponent.

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Almost every man may thank himself for his own bad luck.

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When two good persons meet, their souls become identified, felicity is not a dream, and individual liberty or personal independence is not necessary.

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It is easy to be generous, if only we remember the suffering of the avaricious.

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He is an honest man who pays to a _maravedis_, (about one seventh of a cent.)

Lovers find so long the hours when they are separated, that they often fancy that Phœbus has broken his chariot wheels.

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Make only the haste of «good speed;» go gently, soft and fair, makes the longest journey.

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He who fears to wet his feet must not expect to catch fish.

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There are those who prefer sweet lies to bitter truths. Prefer to the former, the latter.

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Take care not to be like the little birds, who deceived by the color of the shepherds’ snare, fell into the danger they wished to avoid.

They say that love is confusion, but seeing so many thus confused, it is to be inferred that the confusing moral consequence of this confusion must be very sweet.

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One day of a wise man’s life is more valuable than the entire life time of a fool.

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Virtue is not complete if wisdom is wanting.

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Work always to bring profit to your mind and honor to your name.

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To choose in marriage, requires not only our own best judgment, but the directions and help of God.

Whether good or bad, children should be loved and cherished by their parents. A child is a part of its parents, and if faulty should be treated like an ailing part of themselves.

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To say there is no such thing as true love or real friendship in the world, is to say that the sun does not shine, the frost does not chill, nor the earth produce sustenance.

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A cold face may sometimes go with a warm heart, though not often, for usually the face is a transparent covering, through which the soul is clearly seen.

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Those who go to pray do not feel cold, they are heated by the rays of faith and love.

The God, who neglects not the birds of the air, nor the fish of the sea, will provide for his children.

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Business should never sleep with you.

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One man is no better than another, only in as much as he does more than another.

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There are men, hints Cervantes, who think they must be masters, and that women were born only to wear the clog of obedience.

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It is painful for tender feet to walk in rugged paths.

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While the sun is shining, make your hay.

Time discovers all things, and discloses the truth when least expected.

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Happy is he who has found one or two truthful friends or allies during a long life.

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Avoid vice, but pity its victims.

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We must not always look for bacon where we see the hooks.

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Remember not to forsake the frying-pan for the fire.

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Be brave; one of the effects of fear is to make things look like what they are not.

The most skilful gambler sometimes loses.

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A man need not be very charitable to give his cloak away in the summer, but in the winter the most he can do is to share it. Remember the aphorism: «To give and keep always that which is fit requires a great deal of wisdom.»

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Study first, trust afterward.

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Many will tell in their sleep what they would not tell if awake.

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When «good luck» knocks at the door it is not wise to keep it too long waiting, for--

«He who will not, when he may When he will, may then have nay.»

Quoth the wife to the husband: «If thou wilt provide the dower for our daughter, I will promise to provide the husband.»

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It is only in the power of great spirits to have patience when the world frowns, as well as to be joyful when it is gay.

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Hope wisely, work much, and all will go well.

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When lucky, be merry; when unlucky, do not be sad.

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Of all the name bestowed upon the mother of God, none is more touching than _Mater Dolorosa_, the shelter of sorrow and poverty.

Sometimes he who looks longest, sees the least.

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There is often a long distance between the fact and the telling.

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When the water is moved, the fisherman is touched.

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Friends are always ready to lend to a man in office.

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A person who loves you tenderly may yet make you weep against his will.

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Fanaticism, selfishness and obstinacy come to the same end.

If good women could only choose their husbands, we would have many good marriages in consequence of mutual true love.

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A coquette says: «You do not love me any more; that does not annoy me in the least, for the stain of a ripe mulberry, with a fresh one is soon effaced.»

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If sighs coming from one, and those going from another could meet and speak, how many sympathetic things they would have to tell each other.

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The virtues, as well as the faults of others are often magnified by reason of malice and envy.

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Man is a traveller; his life is a mountain.

Do not be proud. Beauty is as life, and life is as a flower, fresh one morning, withered and faded in a few hours.

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If you wish to find a thing, search well and willingly.

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When he felt all the warmth of love, you were all coolness; now that you feel all the love, he naturally thinks of all the difficulties.

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Nothing more than neediness afflicts and irritates the spirit of the vain.

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«Never judge by appearances.» Is a Spanish as well as an English saying.

There is nothing more painful than the pressure of saddening thoughts when you are obliged to smile and smile.

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A truly good and loving heart is a beautiful star, in the midst of ugly clouds.

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Talents are the best of all kinds of riches, for they can be imparted without harming them. The sharing of them doubles their value.

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Perfect women are angels, and of course adorable. Of the imperfect ones there are two kinds, those who have hearts, but who would not make charming wives; and those who are very charming in some respects, but who have no heart, no heart.

You want him to forsake you, but he never will. Those who are good, preaches our pastor, cannot forget for a moment the being they worship.

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A wise man once said that absence produces forgetfulness. He doubtless referred to men, for, being a wise man, he could not ignore this--that a woman’s soul is like a torch which once set burning is not easily extinguished.

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Study reforms even nature.

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Worse than a few troubles are many.

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Mean people doing their little worst to provoke trouble are seldom lacking anywhere.

So slow is the march of laziness along the road of human existence, and so squalid, and so feeble is it, that it is soon overtaken by poverty.

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Do not admire mere beauty, for time will soon destroy it, but rather admire beautiful acts. A beautiful deed is within the reach of all.

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Some say that to live is to dream; others say that to love is to dream, but it should be said that to love is to live.

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To gain a heart when your sentiments have not been abused, be affable, courteous and reasonable. When your feelings have been cruelly and purposely wounded, forgive if you can, but keep your dignity and remember pertinently.

Because a man is of a splendid and generous disposition, those persons benefitted by him must not believe themselves less bound to feel, and prove, and show their gratitude.

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Mind not evil gossips and do not honor them with the name of «Society.»

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Whatever sufferings you have caused, they are the same that you yourself shall suffer.

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Better than a pleasant surprise or caress, are two.

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To say, or do that which may harm is something more than imprudence.

A fanatic will never comprehend but one phase of a subject: with him there is no possibility of a quiet controversy.

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Not to go to war, Santiago married, but he had so much fighting at home, that he now longs to be a soldier.

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Those who constantly promise and never fulfil, are like imperfect clocks; they mark but they never strike the hour.

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«Let us repeat a thing one hundred times to be heard once,» said Santo Tomas.

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A cat in mittens will catch few mice.

Be not always severe, nor always merciful, choose a mean between the two extremes, for that middle point is the centre of discretion.

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It is impossible to love two at the same time. Can one light illumine two distant rooms simultaneously?

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Show yourself too kind or confer at once too many benefits, and, if you are dealing with an insensible person, you will soon and certainly be underrated and abused.

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All things in the world have their uses; your own faults and mistakes will doubtless harm you, but the misdoings of others, if well studied, may be your salvation.

«Dubitat Augustinus.» When you say I must see to believe, you show no faith, little hope and less charity.

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The study of the world is like any other deep study.

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When obliged to speak tell your whole story, but without superfluous comment.

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One «take it» is better than a thousand «I will give you.»

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_Veritas vinci._--Truth will prevail over falsehood and rise to the surface, as oil rises upon water.

To thwart a true passion is like obstructing the road to Heaven.

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In studying or discussing questions look them fairly in the face.

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The wise man will speedily rectify an error; but when was an ignorant one ever known to acknowledge a blunder?

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You may be unfortunate and still keep your dignity. It is equally possible to be poor but envied, and, seemingly, unhappy but really very happy.

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Ambition is vanquished by honor and peace.

Cupid is attracted by your glowing beauty. No wonder, the boy being blind and lightly dressed feels cold, and longs to be near the fire.

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The loudest talker is not always the best reasoner.

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If you can save a certain sum of money, and wish to invest it well, buy good books and learn.

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Be not always under the dominion of your own will, for it is the vice of the ignorant and wicked, that they always presume upon their infallibility.

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It is far better and holier to believe than to doubt.

Abhor all despotisms except that of the heart.

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No one can exactly know the sorrow of another, for no one can tell exactly where and when your boot hurts your foot.

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Idleness appears at first to be a friend, but soon ends by becoming a tyrant.

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He who has made one basket can make a hundred.

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The last monkey is the one most apt to be drowned.

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Time never makes lawful what calumny invents.

For a hungry man it is hard to find too dry a crust.

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Make yourself of honey and you will be eaten by the flies.

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Never be too sure of a pleasure in store for you, for the nectar which you see in your glass may be spilled before your lips have touched it.

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The «Operibus credere, et non verbis,» it is sometimes wise to remember.

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What is the wheel work of society? Vanity. What is the history of the world? «Vanitas, vanitatur et per omnia vanitas.»

Generosity never exists in the beggarly heart, though it often exists in the beggar’s heart.

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By an evil tongue more persons are injured than by the greatest accident. An accident may occasionally injure many individuals, but an evil tongue injures constantly.

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Self loving is self poisoning.

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Beware of pride, my angel, lest you fall, for another angel fell by pride.

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From a beautiful pink blooming in a charming garden, the asp will extract poison, while the industrious bee gather honey.

He strengthens himself who besides carrying his own duties and burdens takes upon himself as many of the burdens of his friends as he can support.

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From such a tree, such wood, and from such wood such a chip.

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Never receive hypocrisy as a companion, nor allow your tongue to disguise your thoughts. Let your words always be the echoing chords to the beating of your heart.

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If after having received favors, you avoid gratefulness, you are positively more with Judas than with Christ. Nothing will relieve you of the stain, but to repent and prove grateful to your friend.

Greater than all miseries together are the miseries of the heart.

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Grows beautiful the rose, but soon after dies; the strong oak is uprooted by the still stronger wind; a little flame reduces to ashes the grandest temple. Every thing is brittle, as every one is mortal.

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Said a Spanish boatman: «I can forgive anything for love, and so, I suppose, can the ALMIGHTY.»

From A. COTÉ & CO’S Steam Printing Establishment, Quebec.