Some of the domestic evils of drunkenness are houses without windows, gardens without fences, fields without tillage, barns without roofs, children without clothing, principles, morals or manners.

If thou hast wit and learning, add to it wisdom and modesty.

Getting into debt, is getting into a tanglesome net.

Who had deceived thee so often as thyself?

Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters.

Life is a kind of Chess, with struggle, competition, good and ill events.

The height of foolishness is to discard an opportunity without full investigation