Little leaks sink the ship.

To the generous mind the heaviest debt is that of gratitude, when it is not in our power to repay it.

Conceiving God to be the fountain of wisdom, I thought it right and necessary to solicit his assistance for obtaining it.

The only thing that is more expensive than education is ignorance.

By heaven we understand a state of happiness infinite in degree, and endless in duration.

There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one's self.

Hunger never saw bad bread.