Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
What we wish, that we readily believe.
The readiest and surest way to get rid of censure, is to correct ourselves.
It is the natural disposition of all men to listen with pleasure to abuse and slander of their neighbour, and to hear with impatience those who utter praises of themselves.
Beware lest in your anxiety to avoid war you obtain a master
The sower of the seed is assuredly the author of the whole harvest of mischief.