Industry pays debts, while despair increases them.

To cease to think creatively is to cease to live

It is the duty of mankind on all suitable occasions to acknowledge their dependence on the Divine Being... Almighty God would mercifully interpose and still the rage of war among the nations... He would take this province under His protection, confound the designs and defeat the attempts of its enemies, and unite our hearts and strengthen our hands in every undertaking that may be for the public good, and for our defense and security in this time of danger.

I grew convinced that truth, sincerity and integrity in dealings between man and man were of the utmost importance to the felicity of life, and I formed written resolutions . . . to practice them ever while I lived.

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

All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those that move.

The church, the state, and the poor, are 3 daughters which we should maintain, but not portion off.