It is an ill thing to be the first to bring news of ill.
Obstinacy standing alone is the weakest of all things in one whose mind is not possessed by wisdom.
I have learned to hate all traitors, and there is no disease that I spit on more than treachery.
Obedience is the mother of success and is wedded to safety.
God's most lordly gift to man is decency of mind.
God is not averse to deceit in a holy cause.