You can not pluck roses without fear of thorns, Nor enjoy a fair wife without danger of horns.

I therefore beg leave to move that henceforth prayers imploring the assistance of Heaven, and its blessing on our deliberations, be held in this Assembly every morning.

If you teach a poor young man to shave himself, and keep his razor in order, you may contribute more to the happiness of his life than in giving him a thousand guineas. This sum may be soon spent, the regret only remaining of having foolishly consumed it; but in the other case, he escapes the frequent vexation of waiting for barbers, and of their sometimes dirty fingers, offensive breaths, and dull razors.

Most men die from the neck up at age twenty-five because they stop dreaming.

Mine is better than ours.

Necessity is our quickest excuse.

The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason: The Morning Daylight appears plainer when you put out your Candle.