All who consult on doubtful matters, should be void of hatred, friendship, anger, and pity. |
Think like a man of action, and act like a man of thought. |
We employ the mind to rule, the body to serve. |
Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master. |
The fame that goes with wealth and beauty is fleeting and fragile; intellectual superiority is a possession glorious and eternal. |
Those most moved to tears by every word of a preacher are generally weak and a rascal when the feelings evaporate. |
Every bad precedent originated as a justifiable measure. |
Everything that rises sets, and everything that grows, grows old. |
He that will be angry for anything will be angry for nothing. |
A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means. |
Necessity makes even the timid brave. |
The higher your station, the less your liberty. |
In my opinion, he only may be truly said to live and enjoy his being who is engaged in some laudable pursuit, and acquires a name by some illustrious action, or useful art. |
In my opinion it is less shameful for a king to be overcome by force of arms than by bribery. |
Neither soldiers nor money can defend a king but only friends won by good deeds, merit, and honesty. |
Before you act, consider; when you have considered, tis fully time to act. |
They envy the distinction I have won; let them therefore, envy my toils, my honesty, and the methods by which I gained it. |
It is better to use fair means and fail, than foul and conquer. |
He only seems to me to live, and to make proper use of life, who sets himself some serious work to do, and seeks the credit of a task well and skillfully performed. |
Ambition breaks the ties of blood, and forgets the obligations of gratitude. |