As a vessel is known by the sound, whether it be cracked or not, so men are proved by their speeches whether they be wise or foolish."

"A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true."

Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.

"The readiest and surest way to get rid of censure, is to correct ourselves."

Beware lest in your anxiety to avoid war you obtain a master.