Parents giving the keys to the car act as if they are giving the keys to the kingdom.
Thou ought to be nice, even to superstition, in keeping thy promises, and therefore equally cautious in making them.
Health is just not valued until illness comes.
Few are fit to be entrusted with themselves.
All things are difficult before they are easy.
Though bachelors be the strongest stakes, married men are the best binders, in the hedge of the commonwealth.
An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between great men and little men.
In best understandings, sin began, Angels sinned first, then Devils, and then Man.
Dying ain't important. Everyone does that. What's important is how well you do your living.
It is far more important to resist apathy than anarchy or despotism, for apathy can give rise, almost indifferently, to either one.
No big modern war has been won without preponderant sea power; and, conversely, very few rebellions of maritime provinces have succeeded without acquiring sea power.