Who will ever give counsel, if the counsel be judged by the event, and if it be not found wise, shall therefore be thought wicked?

A popular license is indeed the many-headed tyrant.

Love, one time, layeth burdens; another time, giveth wings.

A just cause and a zealous defender make an imperious resolution cut off the tediousness of cautious discussions.

Men are almost always cruel in their neighbors' faults; and make others' overthrow the badge of their own ill-masked virtue.

The highest point outward things can bring unto, is the contentment of the mind; with which no estate can be poor, without which all estates will be miserable.

The first mark of valor is defence.