Strict punctuality is a cheap virtue.
It is much easier to suppress a first desire than to satisfy those that follow.
The man that walks wit crowd, will get no farther than the crowd. The man that walks alone, will reach places unknown.
The most exquisite folly is made of wisdom spun too fine.
How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough to mend them.
The way to secure peace is to be prepared for war. They that are on their guard, and appear ready to receive their adversaries, are in much less danger of being attacked, than the supine, secure, and negligent.