There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one's self.

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

If you desire many things, many things will seem few.

He that's secure is not safe.

Freedom is not a gift bestowed upon us by other men, but a right that belongs to us by the laws of God and nature.

Strangers are welcome because there is room enough for them all, and therefore the old Inhabitants are not jealous of them; the Laws protect them sufficiently so that they have no need of the Patronage of great Men; and every one will enjoy securely the Profits of his Industry. But if he does not bring a Fortune with him, he must work and be industrious to live.

The cat in gloves catches no mice.