WIST

`Tis the longest Purse
Conquers the longest Sword.

Daniel Defoe (1660?-1731) English journalist and novelist
(Attributed)

He that has Truth on his Side, is a fool, as well as a Coward, if he is afraid to own it because of the Currency or Multitude of other Men’s Opinions.

Daniel Defoe (1660?-1731) English journalist and novelist
(Attributed)

A Man that will lie still, should never hope to rise; he that will lie in a Ditch and pray, may depend upon it he shall lie in the Ditch and die.

Daniel Defoe (1660?-1731) English journalist and novelist
(Attributed)
Backsheider: "Daniel Defoe: His Life"

Necessity makes an honest man a knave.

Daniel Defoe (1660?-1731) English journalist and novelist
Serious Reflections during the Life and Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, ch. 2 (1720)

When kings the sword of justice first lay down,
They are no kings, though they possess the crown.
Titles are shadows, crowns are empty things,
The good of subjects is the end of kings.

Daniel Defoe (1660?-1731) English journalist and novelist
The True-Born Englishman (1701)

And of all plagues with which mankind are curst,
Ecclesiastic tyranny

Daniel Defoe (1660?-1731) English journalist and novelist
The True-Born Englishman, Part 2 (1701)