Most fools think they are only ignorant.

Anyone willing to give up liberty in exchange for security deserves neither.

I am what I am and that's all that I am and if I'm supposed to be somebody else, why do I look like me?

It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it.

No employment can be managed without arithmetic, no mechanical invention without geometry.

He that can have patience can have what he will.

Promises may get thee friends, but non-performance will turn them into enemies.