Come Back With Your Shield - Or

The Conduct Of A Wise Politician Is Ever Suited To The Present Posture Of Affairs. Often By Foregoing A Part He Saves The Whole, And By Yielding In A Small Matter Secures A Greater.

...to The Dolphin Alone, Beyond All Other, Nature Has Granted What The Best Philosophers Seek: Friendship For No Advantage

As Small Letters Hurt The Sight, So Do Small Matters Him That Is Too Much Intent Upon Them; They Vex And Stir Up Anger, Which Begets An Evil Habit In Him In Reference To Greater Affairs.

Courage Consists Not In Hazarding Without Fear; But Being Resolutely Minded In A Just Cause.

No Man Ever Wetted Clay And Then Left It, As If There Would Be Bricks By Chance And Fortune.