Never spare the parson's wine nor the baker's pudding

I believe ... that the soul of man is immortal and will be treated with justice in another life, respecting its conduct in this.

Suspicion may be no fault, but showing it may be a great one.

My rule, in which I have always found satisfaction, is, never to turn aside in public affairs through views of private interest; but to go straight forward in doing what appears to me right at the time, leaving the consequences with Providence.

A penny saved is twopence dear; A pin a day 's a groat a year.

When the well is dry, people know the worth of water. [so appreciate what you have while you have it]

A nation of well-informed men who have been taught to know and prize the rights which God has given them cannot be enslaved. It is in the region of ignorance that tyranny begins.” Benjamin Franklin