If we really want something done, it is best to do it ourselves.

Wealth unused might as well not exist.

Those who voluntarily put power into the hands of a tyrant ... must not wonder if it be at last turned against themselves.

We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified.

False friends leave you in times of trouble.

All men are more concerned to recover what they lose than to acquire what they lack.

We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction.