A fine genius in his own country is like gold in the mine.

There are no ugly loves nor handsome prisons.

When the well is dry, people know the worth of water. [so appreciate what you have while you have it]

To be thrown upon one's own resources is to be cast into the very lap of fortune; for our faculties then undergo a development and display an energy of which they were previosly unsusceptible.

If this lady is pleased to spend her days with Franklin, he would be just as pleased to spend his nights with her.

Men and Melons are hard to know.

Whoever shall introduce into public affairs the principles of primitive Christianity will change the face of the world.