They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
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A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees.
Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.
He who is good at making excuses is seldom good at anything else.
The worst wheel of a cart makes the most noise.
Bad gains are true losses.
Hope of gain lessens pain.
Duty is not beneficial because it is commanded, but is commanded because it is beneficial.
Do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made out of.
Be civil to all; serviceable to many; familiar with few; friend to one; enemy to none.
At 20 years of age the will reigns; at 30 the wit; at 40 the judgment.
