Forewarn'd, forearm'd.
“Industry pays debts, while despair increases them.”
“How can any Action be meritorious of Praise or Dispraise, Reward or Punishment, when the natural Principle of Self-Love is the only and the irresistible Motive to it?”
“Anyone willing to give up liberty in exchange for security deserves neither.”
“There is no sale without the story; no knockout without the setup.”
“If I knew I had 25 years left to live, I would spend 20 of them in preparation.”
“A general-in-chief should ask himself several times in the day, What if the enemy were to appear now in my front, or on my right, or my left?”
“Don't forget to duck!”
“Fear not, provided you fear; but if you fear not, then fear.”
“The cat, having sat upon a hot stove lid, will not sit upon a hot stove lid again. Nor upon a cold stove lid.”
