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Many Have Had Their Greatness Made For Them By Their Enemies.

To Equal A Predecessor, One Must Have Twice They Worth.

Never Lose Your Self-respect, Nor Be Too Familiar With Yourself When You Are Alone. Let Your Integrity Itself Be Your Own Standard Of Rectitude, And Be More Indebted To The Severity Of Your Own Judgment Of Yourself Than To All External Percepts. Desist From Unseemly Conduct, Rather Out Of Respect For Your Own Virtue Than For The Strictures Of External Authority.

Make Your Friends Your Teachers And Mingle The Pleasures Of Conversation With The Advantages Of Instruction.

To Find One Real Friend In A Lifetime Is Good Fortune; To Keep Him Is A Blessing.