A quarrel is quickly settled when deserted by one party; there is no battle unless there be two.
If you wish to fear nothing, consider that everything is to be feared.
No man will swim ashore and take his baggage with him.
Malice drinks one-half of its own poison.
If a man does not know what port he is steering for, no wind is favorable to him.
For the great benefits of our being- our life, health, and reason-we look upon ourselves.