To succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at conclusions.

The expenses required to prevent a war are much lighter than those that will, if not prevented, be absolutely necessary to maintain it.

Keep conscience clear, then never fear.

And whether you're an honest man, or whether you're a thief, depends on whose solicitor has given me my brief.

Many a long dispute among divines may be thus abridged: It is so; It is not so. It is so; it is not so.

Distrust and caution are the parents of security.

Remember this Saying, 'That the good Paymaster is Lord of another Man's Purse.' He that is known to pay punctually and exactly to the Time he promises, may at any Time, and on any Occasion, raise all the Money his Friends can spare.