Before you consult your fancy, consult your purse.

He who would trade liberty for some temporary security, deserves neither liberty nor security.

The person who deserves most pity is a lonesome one on a rainy day who doesn't know how to read.

This modesty in a sect is perhaps a singular instance in the history of mankind, every other sect supposing itself in possession of all truth, and that those who differ are so far in the wrong ; like a man traveling in foggy weather, those at some distance before him on the road he sees wrapped up in the fog, as well as those behind him, and also the people in the fields on each side, but near him all appears clear, tho' in truth he is as much in the fog as any of them.

If you would not be laughed at, be the first to laugh at yourself.

Vicious actions are not hurtful because they are forbidden, but forbidden because they are hurtful.

Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight.