Twixt hope and fear, anxiety and anger.

I am not bound over to swear allegiance to any master; where the storm drives me I turn in for shelter.

He will often have to scratch his head, and bite his nails to the quick. [To succeed he will have to puzzle his brains and work hard.]

In adversity be spirited and firm, and with equal prudence lessen your sail when filled with a too fortunate gale of prosperity.

If you are only an underling, don't dress too fine.

As many men as there are existing, so many are their different pursuits.

The man who is tenacious of purpose in a rightful cause is not shaken from his firm resolve by the frenzy of his fellow citizens clamoring for what is wrong, or by the tyrant's threatening countenance.