I consent Sir, to this Constitution because I expect no better, and because I am not sure, that it is not the best.

O Lazy bones! Dost thou think God would have given thee arms and legs, if he had not design'd thou should'st use them?

Can anything be constant in a world which is eternally changing?

Tis a great confidence in a friend to tell him your faults; greater to tell him his.

Little boats should keep near shore

Fiction or fable allures to instruction.

To get the bad customs of a country changed and new ones, though better, introduced, it is necessary first to remove the prejudices of the people, enlighten their ignorance, and convince them that their interests will be promoted by the proposed changes; and this is not the work of a day.