Close Alliances With Despots Are Never Safe

The Man Who Is In The Highest State Of Prosperity, And Who Thinks His Fortune Is Most Secure, Knows Not If It Will Remain Unchanged Till The Evening.

It Is Impossible For Men Engaged In Low And Groveling Pursuits To Have Noble And Generous Sentiments. A Man's Thought Must Always Follow His Employment.

Success Has A Great Tendency To Conceal And Throw A Veil Over The Evil Deeds Of Men.

He Who Confers A Favor Should At Once Forget It, If He Is Not To Show A Sordid Ungenerous Spirit. To Remind A Man Of A Kindness Conferred And To Talk Of It, Is Little Different From Reproach.

Excessive Dealings With Tyrants Are Not Good For The Security Of Free States.