When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.
A Woman who is generous with her money is to be praised; not so, if she is generous with her person
Whilst we deliberate how to begin a thing, it grows too late to begin it.
Conscience is a thousand witnesses.
God, that all-powerful Creator of nature and architect of the world, has impressed man with no character so proper to distinguish him from other animals, as by the faculty of speech.
When we cannot hope to win, it is an advantage to yield.