As covetousness is the root of all evil, so poverty is the worst of all snares.

As covetousness is the root of all evil, so poverty is the worst of all snares.

'Tis no sin to cheat the devil.

The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be polished, or the luster of it will never appear.

An Englishman will fairly drink as much As will maintain two families of Dutch.

In trouble to be troubled, Is to have your trouble doubled.

It is better to have a lion at the head of an army of sheep, than a sheep at the head of an army of lions.

All our discontents about what we want appeared to spring from the want of thankfulness for what we have.

Nature has left this tincture in the blood, That all men would be tyrants if they could.

Pride the first peer and president of hell.

I have often thought of it as one of the most barbarous customs in the world, considering us as a civilized and a Christian country, that we deny the advantages of learning to women.

He that is rich is wise.

All men would be tyrants if they could.

Vice came in always at the door of necessity, not at the door of inclination.

Necessity makes an honest man a knave.

The best of men cannot suspend their fate: The good die early, and the bad die late.

Justice is always violent to the party offending, for every man is innocent in his own eyes.

Fear of danger is ten thousand times more terrifying than danger itself.

Invest in the human soul. Who knows it might be a diamond in the rough.

The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond and must be polished or the luster of it will never appear.

A rich man is an honest man—no thanks to him; for he would be a double knave, to cheat mankind when he had no need of it: he has no occasion to press upon his integrity, nor so much as to touch upon the borders of dishonesty.

The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond; and must be polished, or the lustre of it will never appear.

As covetousness is the root of all evil, so poverty is the worst of all snares.

Excess of wealth is cause of covetousness.

True it is that covetousness is rich, modesty starves.

Desire of having is the sin of covetousness.

There is no austerity equal to a balanced mind, and there is no happiness equal to contentment; there is no disease like covetousness, and no virtue like mercy.

Though we take from a covetous man all his treasure, he has yet one jewel left; you cannot bereave him of his covetousness.

Covetousness is both the beginning and the end of the devil's alphabet - the first vice in corrupt nature that moves, and the last which dies.

Boldness and decision command, often even in evil, the respect and concurrence of mankind.

For those whose wit becomes the mother of villainy, those it educates to be evil in all things.

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.

Some things must be good in themselves, else there could be no measure whereby to lay out good and evil.

Destroy the seed of evil, or it will grow up to your ruin.

Once to every person and nation come the moment to decide. In the conflict of truth with falsehood, for the good or evil side.

Into every soul, however purged and fenced, evil appears to have as much freedom of entrance as God Himself.

What I have learned from my work up to now, is to try to be open, but also protect myself by not letting the good and the evil get too much importance.

Mankind is not likely to salvage civilization unless he can evolve a system of good and evil which is independent of heaven and hell.

One who is injured ought not to return the injury, for on no account can it be right to do an injustice; and it is not right to return an injury, or to do evil to any man, however much we have suffered from him.

The 20th century taught us how far unbridled evil can and will go when the world fails to confront it. It is time that we heed the lessons of the 20th century and stand up to these murderers. It is time that we end genocide in the 21st century.

Every war results from the struggle for markets and spheres of influence, and every war is sold to the public by professional liars and totally sincere religious maniacs, as a Holy Crusade to save God and Goodness from Satan and Evil.

A great book is like great evil.

May the forces of evil become confused on the way to your house.

Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee.

Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil.

Neither gods nor men can foresee when an evil deed will bear its fruit.

Wisdom is the knowledge of good and evil, not the strength to choose between the two.

I am in politics because of the conflict between good and evil, and I believe that in the end good will triumph.

Every Christian will allow that sin is an evil, and that it is our duty not to commit sin.