If your head is wax, don't walk in the sun.

In rivers and bad governments, the lightest things swim at the top.

In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.

Is there anything men take more pains about than to render themselves unhappy?

It is easier to prevent bad habits than to break them.

It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority.

It isn't what you know that counts, it's what you think of in time.

It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it.

Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are.

Keep your eyes wide open before marriage and half shut afterwards.