A wise man does nothing by constraint.
Let our friends perish, provided that our enemies fall at the same time.
Prudence in action avails more than wisdom in conception.
You may never be less alone than when you are alone.
The devil finds work for idle hands to do. Better to reign in the hell than serve in heaven. We are in bondage to the law in order that we may be free.
As fire when thrown into water is cooled down and put out, so also a false accusation when brought against a man of the purest and holiest character, boils over and is at once dissipated, and vanishes.