Innocence is its own Defense. |
Interest which blinds some People, enlightens others. |
Is there any thing Men take more pains about than to render themselves unhappy? |
It is a grand mistake to think of being great without goodness and I pronounce it as certain that there was never a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous. |
It is as truly folly for the poor to ape the rich, as for the frog to swell, in order to equal the ox |
It is better to take many Injuries than to give one |
It is easier to prevent bad habits than to break them. |
It is easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow it. |
It is foolish to lay out money for the purchase of repentance |
It is hard for an empty bag to stand upright. |
It is remarkable that soldiers by profession, men truly and unquestionably brave, seldom advise war but in cases of extreme necessity. |
It is the observation here that our cause is the cause of all mankind, and that we are fighting for their liberty in defending our own |
It is the eye of other people that ruin us. If I were blind I would want, neither fine clothes, fine houses or fine furniture. |
It is the working man who is the happy man. It is the idle man who is the miserable man. |
It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it |