The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be polished, or the luster of it will never appear. Daniel Defoe Read Quote
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. Daniel Defoe Read Quote
All our discontents about what we want appeared to spring from the want of thankfulness for what we have. Daniel Defoe Read Quote
Justice is always violent to the party offending, for every man is innocent in his own eyes. Daniel Defoe Read Quote
The best of men cannot suspend their fate: The good die early, and the bad die late. Daniel Defoe Read Quote
Nature has left this tincture in the blood, That all men would be tyrants if they could. Daniel Defoe Read Quote
Vice came in always at the door of necessity, not at the door of inclination. Daniel Defoe Read Quote