God grant, that not only the Love of Liberty, but a thorough Knowledge of the Rights of Man, may pervade all the Nations of the Earth, so that a Philosopher may set his Foot anywhere on its Surface, and say, 'This is my Country.'

To be thrown upon one's own resources, is to be cast in the very lap of fortune.

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

Necessity never made a good bargain.

Waste neither time nor money, but make the best use of both.

Content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor.

In America, they do not inquire of a stranger, "What is he?" but, "What can he do?"