Growth is slow but collapse is rapid. |
The much occupied man has no time for wantonness, and it is an obvious commonplace that the evils of leisure can be shaken off by hard work. |
Unrighteous fortune seldom spares the highest worth; no one with safety can long front so frequent perils. Whom calamity oft passes by she finds at last. |
Who vaunts his race, lauds what belongs to others. |
What is freedom? It means not being a slave to any circumstance, to any restraint, to any chance. |
Freedom can't be kept for nothing. If you set a high value on liberty, you must set a low value on everything else. |
Worse than war is the very fear of war. |
The cause of anger is the belief that we are injured; this belief, therefore, should not be lightly entertained. We ought not to fly into a rage even when the injury appears to be open and distinct: for some false things bear the semblance of truth. We should always allow some time to elapse, for time discloses the truth. |
Democracy is more cruel than wars or tyrants. |
Who profits by a sin has done the sin. |
'Tis the first art of kings, the power to suffer hate. |
A good judge condemns wrongful acts, but does not hate them. |
A great fortune is a great slavery. |
A great pilot can sail even when his canvas is rent. |
A great step towards independence is a good-humored stomach, one that is willing to endure rough treatment. |
A large part of mankind is angry not with the sins, but with the sinners. |
A quarrel is quickly settled when deserted by one party; there is no battle unless there be two. |
A trifling debt makes a man your debtor; a large one makes him an enemy. |
All art is but imitation of nature. |
All savageness is a sign of weakness. |
