Sovereignty over any foreign land is insecure.

Do the best you can . . . enjoy the present . . . rest satisfied with what you have.

Philosophy does not regard pedigree, she received Plato not as a noble, but she made him one.

Anger, though concealed, is betrayed by the countenance. ?That anger is not warrantable which hath seen two suns.

He that visits the sick in hopes of a legacy, but is never so friendly in all other cases, I look upon him as being no better than a raven that watches a weak sheep only to peck out its eyes.

He has committed the crime who profits by it.

Consider an enemy may become a friend.