Bayly’s Observation
Thomas Bayly
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Beerbohm’s Second Law
Max Beerbohm
Mankind is divisible into two great classes: hosts and guests.
Bierce’s Law
Ambrose Bierce
Calamities are of two kinds: misfortunes to ourselves and good fortune to others.
Confucius’s Law
Confucius
Behave to everyone as if you were receiving a great guest . . do not do to others what you would not wish done to yourself.
Horace’s Law
Horace
Once a word has been allowed to escape it cannot be recalled.
Jones’s Law
Thomas Jones
Friends may come and go but enemies accumulate.
Kautilya’s Observation
Kautilya
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
La Rochefoucauld’s Rule
François La Rochefoucauld
In the misfortunes of our best friends we find something that is not displeasing.
McLaughry’s Law
James McLaughry
To make an enemy, do someone a favour.
Vanbrugh’s Second Law
John Vanbrugh
He laughs best who laughs last.
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