Practice is everything.

Freedom is a clear conscience.

Democracy is better than tyranny.

Be moderate in prosperity, prudent in adversity.

Judge of a tree by its fruit, not by its leaves.

Pleasures are transient, honors are immortal.

He who has once made himself notorious as utterly unprincipled, is not credited even when he speaks the truth.

He who assists the wicked will in time rue it.

He who trusts himself for safety to the care of a wicked man, in seeking succor meets with ruin.

However exalted our position, we should still not despise the powers of the humble.