It is not 'Is God on my side', but 'Am I on God's side'.

Never stir up litigation, a worse man can scarcely be found than one who does this, who can be more nearly a fiend than he who habitually overhauls the register of deeds in search of defects in titles, whereon to stir up strife, and put money in his pocket?

The ant, who has toiled and dragged a crumb to his nest, will furiously defend the fruit of his labor, against whatever robber assails him. So plain, that the most dumb and stupid slave that ever toiled for a master, does constantly know that he is wronged.

To ease another’s heartache is to forget one’s own.

You can’t make a weak man strong by making a strong man weak

Knavery and flattery are blood relations.

I never tire of reading Tom Paine.