All cats are gray in the dark.
When befriended, remember it; when you befriend, forget it.
Singularity in the right hath ruined many; happy those who are convinced of the general opinion.
He that raises a large family does, indeed, while he lives to observe them, stand a broader mark for sorrow; but then he stands a broader mark for pleasure too.
Do not do that which you would not have known.
The expenses required to prevent a war are much lighter than those that will, if not prevented, be absolutely necessary to maintain it.