A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.

Ambition drove many men to become false; to have one thought locked in the breast, another ready on the tongue.

Before you act consider; when you have considered, tis fully time to act.

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: The majority are satisfied with a just master.

Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.

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.

Small communities grow great through harmony, great ones fall to pieces through discord.

The glory that goes with wealth is fleeting and fragile; virtue is a possession glorious and eternal.