A good end cannot sanctify evil means; nor must we ever do evil that good may come of it. We are too ready to retaliate, rather than forgive, or gain by love and information. And yet we could hurt no man that we believe loves us. Let us, then, try what love will do: for if men do once see that we love them, we should soon find they would not harm us. Force may subdue, but love gains; and he that forgives first, wins the laurel.

The tallest Trees are most in the Power of the Winds, and Ambitious Men of the Blasts of Fortune.

Choose a friend as thou dost a wife, till death separate you.

Avoid flatterers, for they are thieves in disguise.

We are too careless of posterity; not considering that as they are, so the next generation will be.

Naked Truth needs no shift.

Let the people think they govern and they will be governed.