'T is what you will, -- or will be what you would. |
A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means |
All who consult on doubtful matters, should be void of hatred, friendship, anger, and pity. |
Ambition breaks the ties of blood, and forgets the obligations of gratitude. |
As the blessings of health and fortune have a beginning, so they must also find an end. Everything rises but to fall, and increases but to decay. |
By union the smallest states thrive. By discord the greatest are destroyed. |
Every man is the architect of his own fortune. |
Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master |
Harmony makes small things grow, lack of it makes great things decay. |
Harmony makes small things grow, lack of it makes great things decay. |
He that will be angry for anything will be angry for nothing. |
In my opinion, he only may be truly said to live and enjoy his being who is engaged in some laudable pursuit, and acquires a name by some illustrious action, or useful art. |
In the jaws of death. |
It is the nature of ambition to make men liars and cheats, to hide the truth in their breasts, and show, like jugglers, another thing in their mouths, to cut all friendships and enmities to the measure of their own interest, and to make a good counte |
It is the nature of ambition to make men liars and cheats, to hide the truth in their breasts, and show, like jugglers, another thing in their mouths, to cut all friendships and enmities to the measure of their own interest, and to make a good counte |