There was never a good war, or a bad peace.
He that would live in peace and at ease must not speak all he knows or all he sees.
Lost time is never found again; and what we call time enough, always proves little enough.
Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, and half shut afterwards.
If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins.
How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough to mend them.
It is only when the rich are sick that they fully feel the impotence of wealth.
Believe none of what you hear and half of what you see.
Wars are not paid for in wartime, the bill comes later.
Do good to your friends to keep them, to your enemies to win them.