Seek virtue and of that posest, to Providence resign the rest.
You cannot always run from a weakness. You must sometime fight it out or perish.
A lady asked Dr. Franklin Well Doctor what have we got a republic or a monarchy - "A republic," replied the Doctor, "if you can keep it."
It's better to swim in the sea below Than to swing in the air and feed the crow, Says jolly Ned Teach of Bristol.
A virtuous and industrious people may be cheaply governed.
The art of acting consists in keeping people from coughing.