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Modesty, tis a virtue not often found among poets, for almost every one of them thinks himself the greatest in the world.
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For hope is always born at the same time as love.
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Let every man mind his own business.
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Give the devil his due.
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All sorrows are less with bread.
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That which we are capable of feeling, we are capable of saying.
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For the army is a school in which the miser becomes generous, and the generous prodigal; miserly soldiers are like monsters, but very rarely seen.
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The wicked are always ungrateful.
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Love is a power too strong to be overcome by anything but flight.
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An honest man's word is as good as his bond.
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Where there's music there can be no evil.
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Virtue is persecuted by the wicked more than it is loved by the good.
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He that will not when he may, When he would, he should have nay.
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Get out of harms way.
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He who has the judge for his father goes into court with an easy mind.
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The foolish sayings of the rich pass for wise saws in society.
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Liberty, as well as honor, man ought to preserve at the hazard of his life, for without it life is insupportable.
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Truth indeed rather alleviates than hurts, and will always bear up against falsehood, as oil does above water.
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Everyone is as God has made him, and oftentimes a great deal worse.
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Journey over all the universe in a map, without the expense and fatigue of traveling, without suffering the inconveniences of heat, cold, hunger, and thirst.