Laws that only threaten, and are not kept, become like the log that was given to the frogs to be their king, which they feared at first, but soon scorned and trampled on.
Honesty's the best policy.
Urgent necessity prompts many to do things.
The pen is the tongue of the mind.
Where envy reigns virtue can't exist, and generosity doesn't go with meanness.
Love is a power too strong to be overcome by anything but flight.