My refusing to eat meat occasioned inconveniency, and I have been frequently chided for my singularity. But my light repast allows for greater progress, for greater clearness of head and quicker comprehension.

Those things that hurt, instruct.

Outside Independence Hall when the Constitutional Convention of 1787 ended

Arguing is a game that two can play at. But it is a strange game in that neither opponent ever wins.

You and I were long friends: you are now my enemy, and I am yours.

Squeamish stomachs cannot eat without pickles.

Remember this Saying, 'That the good Paymaster is Lord of another Man's Purse.' He that is known to pay punctually and exactly to the Time he promises, may at any Time, and on any Occasion, raise all the Money his Friends can spare.