Trouble springs from idleness, and grievous toil from needless ease.
It is the working man who is the happy man. It is the idle man who is the miserable man.
He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.
To succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at conclusions.
I am a mortal enemy to arbitrary government and unlimited power.
Praise to the undeserving is severe satire.