To keep oneself safe does not mean to bury oneself.
Malice drinks one-half of its own poison.
A quarrel is quickly settled when deserted by one party; there is no battle unless there be two.
The conditions of conquest are always easy. We have but to toil awhile, endure awhile, believe always, and never turn back
It is a great thing to know the season for speech and the season for silence.
We can be thankful to a friend for a few acres or a little money; and yet for the freedom and command of the whole earth, and for the great benefits of our being, our life, health, and reason, we look upon ourselves as under no obligation.