Of all ills that one endures, hope is a cheap and universal cure.

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.

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

Curiosity does, no less than devotion, pilgrims make.

The present is an eternal now.

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