The borrower is a slave to the lender and the debtor to the creditor.

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.

When befriended, remember it; when you befriend, forget it.

Getting it done is my reward.

All things are cheap to the saving, dear to the wasteful

You must not, when you have gained a victory, use any triumphing or insulting expressions, nor show too much of the pleasure you feel; but endeavour to console your adversary, and make him less dissatisfied with himself by every kind and civil expression that may be used with truth; such as, you understand the game better than I, but you are a little inattentive, or, you play too fast; or, you had the best of the game, but something happened to divert your thoughts, and that turned it in my favour.

No European who has tasted savage life can afterwards bear to live in our societies.