He that would travel much, should eat little.

Indeed the general natural Tendency of Reading good History, must be, to fix in the Minds of Youth deep Impressions of the Beauty and Usefulness of Virtue of all Kinds, Publick Spirit, Fortitude.

The absent are never without fault. Nor the present without excuse.

I am a mortal enemy to arbitrary government and unlimited power. I am naturally very jealous for the rights and liberties of my country, and the least encroachment of those invaluable privileges is apt to make my blood boil.

After getting the first hundred pounds, it is more easy to get the second.

If we do not hang together, we shall surely hang separately.

Pain wastes the Body, Pleasures the Understanding.