All would live long, but none would be old.

For every minute spent in organizing, an hour is earned.

[E]very Man who comes among us, and takes up a piece of Land, becomes a Citizen, and by our Constitution has a Voice in Elections, and a share in the Government of the Country.

You can not pluck roses without fear of thorns, Nor enjoy a fair wife without danger of horns.

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.

A countryman between two lawyers is like a fish between two cats.

Prodigality of Time produces Poverty of Mind as well as of Estate.