I am lord of myself, accountable to none.
At the working manโs house, hunger looks in but dares not enter.
The handshake of the host affects the taste of the roast
He that scatters thorns, let him not go barefoot.
I hope...that mankind will at length, as they call themselves reasonable creatures, have reason and sense enough to settle their differences without cutting throats; for in my opinion there never was a good war, or a bad peace.
... there is much truth in the Italian saying, 'Make yourselves sheep, and the wolves will eat you.'