“There is indeed a God that hears and sees whate’er we do.”

Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words.

I love truth and wish to have it always spoken to me: I hate a liar.

Because those, who twit others with their faults, should look at home.

Things unhoped for happen oftener than things we desire.

How great in number are the little minded men.

We are pouring our words into a sieve, and lose our labor.

He means well’ is useless unless he does well.

A well-balanced mind is the best remedy against affliction.

Let deeds correspond with words.

Where there are friends there is wealth.

If you speak insults you will hear them also.

I had much rather be adorned by beauty of character than by jewels. Jewels are the gift of fortune, character comes from within.

To ask that which is unjust at the hands of the just, is an injustice in itself; to expect that which is just from the unjust, is simple folly.

If you squander on a holyday, you will want on a workday unless you have been sparing.

A word to the wise is sufficient

Even the whole of life is not sufficient for thorough learning.

Every man, however wise, needs the advice of some sagacious friend in the affairs of life.

Therefore there is not anything which returns to nothing, but all things return dissolved into their elements.

If you think about the times in life when you’ve been the most deeply fulfilled, they’re the times that you’ve felt love. Whether it’s watching a sunset, spending time with a pet or being with a partner with whom you feel an intensely deep connection.

O goddess, bestow on my words an immortal charm.

Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.

Man’s fortune is usually changed at once; life is changeable.

We, peopling the void air, make gods to whom we impute the ills we ought to bear.

I assume Obama knows about stop and frisk, so this is not the person that should be the head of homeland security.