We learn nothing from history except that we learn nothing from history.
The wise man never loses his temper.
Take from a man his reputation for probity, and the more shrewd and clever he is, the more hated and mistrusted he becomes.
Judge not by the number, but by the weight.
Friendship is the only thing in the world concerning the usefulness of which all mankind are agreed.
Such are a well regulated militia, composed of the freeholders, citizen and husbandman, who take up arms to preserve their property, as individuals, and their rights as freemen.