A wild boar was sharpening his tusks upon the trunk of a tree in the forest when a fox came by and asked, Why are you doing that, pray? The huntsmen are not out today and there are no other dangers at hand that I can see. True, my friend, replied the Boar, but the instant my life is in danger, I shall need to use my tusks. There will be no time to sharpen them then.

If you allow men to use you for your own purposes, they will use you for theirs.

United we stand, divided we fall.

In union there is strength.

Enemies' promises were made to be broken.

It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.

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