Security without liberty is called prison.
Nothing is so tiresome to one's self, as well as so odious to others, as disguise and affectation.
He that composes himself is wiser than he that composes a book.
If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some.
Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry all things easy.
Ambition has its disappointments to sour us, but never the good fortune to satisfy us. Its appetite grows keener by indulgence and all we can gratify it with at present serves but the more to inflame its insatiable desires.