It is the duty of mankind on all suitable occasions to acknowledge their dependence on the Divine Being.

When men and woman die, as poets sung, his heart's the last part moves, her last, the tongue.

Use no hurtful deceit; think innocently and justly and, if you speak, speak accordingly.

Men are subject to various inconveniences merely through lack of a small share of courage, which is a quality very necessary in the common occurrences of life, as well as in a battle. How many impertinences do we daily suffer with great uneasiness, because we have not courage enough to discover our dislike.

Virtue and Happiness are Mother and Daughter.

And where is the Prince who can afford to so cover his country with troops for its defense, as that ten thousand men descending from the clouds, might not in many places do an infinite deal of mischief, before a force could be brought together to repel them?

Those who would trade in their freedom for their protection deserve neither.