Distinguished ancestors shed a powerful light on their descendants, and forbid the concealment either of their merits or of their demerits.
He that will be angry for anything will be angry for nothing.
Prosperity tries the souls even of the wise.
By union the smallest states thrive. By discord the greatest are destroyed.
They envy the distinction I have won; let them therefore, envy my toils, my honesty, and the methods by which I gained it.
One can ever assume to be what he is not, and to conceal what he is.