What vast additions to the conveniences and comforts of living might mankind have acquired, if the money spent in wars had been employed in works of public utility; what an extension of agriculture even to the tops of our mountains; what rivers rendered navigable, or joined by canals; what bridges, aqueducts, new roads, and other public works, edifices, and improvements might not have been obtained by spending those millions in doing good, which in the last war have been spent in doing mischief.

He that speaks ill of the mare will buy her.

Life with Fools consists in Drinking; with the wise Man, living's Thinking.

Outside Independence Hall when the Constitutional Convention of 1787 ended, Mrs. Powel of Philadelphia asked Benjamin Franklin, "Well, Doctor, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?" With no hesitation whatsoever, Franklin responded, "A republic, if you can keep it."

America cultivates best what Germany brought forth.

There was great difference in persons; and discretion did not always accompany years, nor was youth always without it.

Promises may get thee friends, but non-performance will turn them into enemies.