Private property ... is a Creature of Society, and is subject to the Calls of that Society, whenever its Necessities shall require it, even to its last Farthing, its contributors therefore to the public Exigencies are not to be considered a Benefit on the Public, entitling the Contributors to the Distinctions of Honor and Power, but as the Return of an Obligation previously received, or as payment for a just Debt.

Those who beat their swords into plowshares usually end up plowing for those who kept their swords.

Many have quarreled about religion that never practice it.

Take courage, Mortal... Death cannot banish you from the Universe.

He that won't be counseled can't be helped.

Not to oversee workmen is to leave them your purse open.

Eat to live, not live to eat.