As a vessel is known by the sound, whether it be cracked or not; so men are proved, by their speeches, whether they be wise or foolish.

All speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action.

To remind a man of the good turns you have done him is very much like a reproach.

Beware lest in your anxiety to avoid war you obtain a master

Small opportunities often presage great enterprises.

What we wish, that we readily believe.

Great and unexpected successes are often the cause of foolish rushing into acts of extravagance.