I think that a young state, like a young virgin, should modestly stay at home, and wait the application of suitors for an alliance with her; and not run about offering her amity to all the world; and hazarding their refusal. Our virgin is a jolly one; and tho at present not very rich, will in time be a great fortune, and where she has a favorable predisposition, it seems to me well worth cultivating.

God helps those who help themselves.

Oh the wonderful knowledge to be found in the stars. Even the smallest things are written there ... if you had but skill to read.

We constantly change the world, even by our inaction. Therefore, let us change it responsibly.

All human situations have their inconveniences. We feel those of the present but neither see nor feel those of the future; and hence we often make troublesome changes without amendment, and frequently for the worse.

The pleasures of this world are rather from God's goodness than our own merit.

Don't throw stones at your neighbors, if your own windows are glass.