The love of liberty with life is given, And life itself the inferior gift of Heaven.
Could swell the soul to rage, or kindle soft desire.
We by art unteach what Nature taught.
Truth is the foundation of all knowledge and the cement of all societies.
Plots, true or false, are necessary things, To raise up commonwealths and ruin kings.
It is a madness to make fortune the mistress of events, because in herself she is nothing, can rule nothing, but is ruled by prudence.