“A wild boar was sharpening his tusks upon the trunk of a tree in the forest when a fox came by and asked, Why are you doing that, pray? The huntsmen are not out today and there are no other dangers at hand that I can see. True, my friend, replied the Boar, but the instant my life is in danger, I shall need to use my tusks. There will be no time to sharpen them then.”

“Those who voluntarily put power into the hands of a tyrant ... must not wonder if it be at last turned against themselves.”

“Simplicity and sincerity generally go hand in hand, as both proceed from a love of truth.”

“What the hand does the mind remembers.”

“Great determination can overcome most odds.”

“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.”

“We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.”