If you ride a horse, sit close and tight, if you ride a man, sit easy and light.
I am lord of myself, accountable to none.
Be civil to all; serviceable to many; familiar with few; friend to one; enemy to none.
Hear no ill of a friend, nor speak any of an enemy.
Those who govern, having much business on their hands, do not generally like to take the trouble of considering and carrying into execution new projects. The best public measures are therefore seldom adopted from previous wisdom, but forced by the occasion.
Man is a tool-making animal