Perseverance - a lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success.
A bad workman quarrels with the man who calls him that.
Fear has no brains; it is an idiot. The dismal witness that it bears and the cowardly counsel that it whispers are unrelated.
We submit to the majority because we have to. But we are not compelled to call our attitude of subjection a posture of respect.
He laughs best who laughs least.
Take not God's name in vain; select a time when it will have effect.