Those who give up liberty for the sake of security, deserve neither liberty nor security.
Idleness is the Dead Sea that swallows all virtues. Be active in business, that temptation may miss her aim; the bird that sits is easily shot.
The borrower is a slave to the lender and the debtor to the creditor.
It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority.
Grace thou thy house and let not that grace thee.
Evil, as evil, can never be chosen; and though evil is often the effect of our own choice, yet we never desire it but under the appearance of an imaginary good.