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Adversity
It is a painful thing to look at your own trouble and know that you yourself and no one else has made it.

Adversity
One's own escape from troubles makes one glad; but bringing friends to trouble is hard grief.

Boldness
Having advanced to the limit of boldness, child, you have stumbled against the lofty pedestal of Justice.

Chance
Chance never helps those who do not help themselves.

Decision
Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.

Evil
The end excuses any evil.

Honesty
A lie never lives to be old. -- Sophocles

Justice
There is a point at which even justice does injury. -- Sophocles

Labor
Without labor nothing prospers.