A tree, freshly rooted, may be pulled up by one man on his own. Give it time, and it will not be moved, even with a crane
Where the hand of tyranny is long we do not see the lips of men open with laughter.
Be thou good thyself, and let people speak evil of thee; it is better than to be wicked, and that they should consider thee as good.
Fear not the proud and the haughty; fear rather him who fears God.
The whelp of a wolf must prove a wolf at last, notwithstanding he may be brought up by a man.
To tell a falsehood is like the cut of a saber: for though the wound may heal, the scar of it will remain.