I am lord of myself, accountable to none.
While the path to wealth is clearly marked, few are willing to adapt themselves to the modest discipline that the journey requires. Instead, most choose the shinier track of debt-driven consumption, which they find further along is covered in vines and thorns.
A Republic, if you can keep it.
Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed.
Pardoning the Bad, is injuring the Good.
Experience is the best teacher, but a fool will learn from no other.