Keep flax from fire, and youth from gaming.

Dangerous, therefore, is it to take shelter under a tree, during a thunder-gust. It has been fatal to many, both men and beasts.

Fart for freedom, fart for liberty—and fart proudly.

A single man has not nearly the value he would have in a state of union. He is an incomplete animal. He resembles the odd half of a pair of scissors.

Serving God is doing good to man, but praying is thought an easier service and therefore more generally chosen.

A people who chose security over liberty will receive neither nor deserve either.

Conceiving God to be the fountain of wisdom, I thought it right and necessary to solicit his assistance for obtaining it.