The present is all the ready money Fate can give.

God the first garden made, and the first city Cain.

Acquaintance I would have, but when it depends; not on number, but the choice of friends.

Enjoy the present hour, Be thankful for the past, And neither fear nor wish Th' approaches of the last.

The liberty of a people consists in being governed by laws which they have made themselves, under whatsoever form it be of government; the liberty of a private man, in being master of his own time and actions, as far as may consist with the laws of God and of his country.

I confess I love littleness almost in all things. A little convenient estate, a little cheerful house, a little company, and a little feast.

I would not fear nor wish my fate, but boldly say each night, to-morrow let my sun his beams display, or in clouds hide them; I have lived today.