[l]iberty Cannot Be Preserved, If The Manners

Swords Were Given To Men, That None Might Be Slaves, But Such As Know Not How To Use Them.

It Is Not Necessary To Light A Candle To The Sun

Laws And Constitutions Ought To Be Weighed... To Constitute That Which Is Most Conducing To The Establishment Of Justice And Liberty.

There May Be A Hundred Thousand Men In An Army, Who Are All Equally Free; But They Only Are Naturally Most Fit To Be Commanders Or Leaders, Who Most Excel In The Virtues Required For The Right Performance Of Those Offices.

If His Majesty Is Resolved To Have My Head, He May Make A Whistle Of My Arse If He Pleases.