“Let every man look before he leaps.”

Get the better of yourself – this is the best kind of victory.

Until death it is all life.

Those who’ll play with cats must expect to be scratched.

Great persons are able to do great kindnesses.

The wounds received in battle bestow honor, they do not take it away.

Thou hast seen nothing yet.

Whoever is ignorant is vulgar.

Never look for birds of this year in the nests of the last.

Seek for good, but expect evil.

Make yourself honey and the flies will devour you.

The worst reconciliation is better than the best divorce.

I drink when I have occasion, and sometimes when I have no occasion.

Where envy reigns virtue can’t exist, and generosity doesn’t go with meanness.

Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our deeds.

Hunger is the best sauce in the world.

Think before thou speakest.

You will never forgive anyone more than God has already forgiven you.

Prayer is not overcoming God’s reluctance. It is laying hold of His willingness.

But I have a conscience and a religious faith, and I know that our liberties were not won without suffering, and may be lost again through our cowardice. I intend to do my duty to my country.

Things that are seen are temporal; things that are unseen are eternal.

A Christian is never in a state of completion but always in a process of becoming.

There is no place for faith if we expect God to fulfill immediately what he promises.

Faith does not proceed from ourselves, but is the fruit of spiritual regeneration.

Prayer is the chief exercise of faith.