Make us enemies of every people on earth, but save us from civil war.
By boldness great fears are cancealed.
How blind men are to Heaven's gifts!
Delay is ever fatal to those who are prepared.
As far as the earth is from the stars, and fire from the sea, so is the useful from the right. Power over men perishes completely if justice begins to be observed, and respect for individual rights overcomes strongholds.
No man is ever innocent when his opponent is the judge.