The sower of the seed is assuredly the author of the whole harvest of mischief.
Excessive dealings with tyrants are not good for the security of free states.
It is not possible to found a lasting power upon injustice, perjury, and treachery.
Nothing is so easy as to deceive one's self; for what we wish, that we readily believe; but such expectations are often inconsistent with the real state of things.
Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
The man who is in the highest state of prosperity, and who thinks his fortune is most secure, knows not if it will remain unchanged till the evening.