Make yourself sheep and the wolves will eat you.

The expenses required to prevent a war are much lighter than those that will, if not prevented, be absolutely necessary to maintain it.

Snowy winter, a plentiful harvest.

I made the greater progress, from that clearness of head and quicker apprehension which generally attend temperance in eating and drinking.

One of the advantages of being a 'reasonable creature' is that one can find a reason for whatever one wants to do.

I firmly believe this ... that without His concurring aid we shall succeed in this political building no better, than the builders of Babel: We shall be divided by our little partial local interests; our projects will be confounded, and we ourselves shall become a reproach and bye word down to future ages. And what is worse, mankind may hereafter from this unfortunate instance, despair of establishing governments by human wisdom and leave it to chance, war and conquest.

You have on hand those things that you need if you have but the wit and wisdom to use them.