Cunning proceeds from want of capacity.

Before you consult your fancy, consult your purse.

If by the liberty of the press were understood merely the liberty of discussing the propriety of public measures and political opinions, let us have as much of it as you please: But if it means the liberty of affronting, calumniating and defaming one another, I, for my part, own myself willing to part with my share of it, whenever our legislators shall please so to alter the law and shall chearfully consent to exchange my liberty of abusing others for the privilege of not being abused myself.

Those who sacrifice essential liberty for temporary safety are not deserving of either liberty or safety.

But our great security lies, I think, in our growing strength.

Idleness is the Dead Sea that swallows all virtues. Be active in business, that temptation may miss her aim; the bird that sits is easily shot.

You will find the key to success under the alarm clock.