Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards.

My dear friend, do not imagine that I am vain enough to ascribe our success [Revolution] to any superiority . . . If it had not been for the justice of our cause, and the consequent interposition of Providence, in which we had faith, we must have been ruined. If I had ever before been an atheist, I should now have been convinced of the being and government of a Deity!

You will see in this my notion of good works, that I am far from expecting to merit heaven by them. By heaven we understand a state of happiness, infinite in degree, and eternal in duration. I can do nothing to deserve such rewards... Even the mixed imperfect pleasures we enjoy in this world, are rather from God's goodness than our merit, how much more such happiness of heaven!

Getting it done is my reward.

Be temperate in wine, in eating, girls, & sloth; Or the Gout will seize you and plague you both.

As we benefit from the inventions of others, we should be glad to share our own ... freely and gladly.

The best tranquilizer is a clear conscience.