Ignorance of impending evil is far better than a knowledge of its approach.
No one sees what is before his feet: they scan the tracks of heaven.
The beginnings of all things are small.
When time and need require, we should resist with all our might, and prefer death to slavery and disgrace.
A community is like the ones who govern it.
Nature has circumscribed the field of life within small dimensions, but has left the field of glory unmeasured.