Why should Pennsylvania, founded by the English, become a Colony of Aliens, who will shortly be so numerous as to Germanize us instead of our Anglifying them, and will never adopt our Language or Customs, any more than they can acquire our Complexion.

An old man in a house is a good sign.

Take a coin from your purse and invest it in your mind. It will come pouring out of your mind and overflow your purse.

Women and wine, game and deceit, make the wealth small, and the want great

We have been assured, Sir, in the Sacred Writings, that 'except the Lord build the House, they labor in vain that build it' I firmly believe this; by our partial local interests; our projects will be confounded, and we ourselves shall become a reproach and a by word down to future ages.

I didn't fail the test, I just found 100 ways to do it wrong.

Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and governments.