It is foolish to lay out money for the purchase of repentance.
It is the religion of ignorance that tyranny begins.
A ship under sail and a big-bellied woman, Are the handsomest two things that can be seen common.
Trusting too much to others care is the ruin of many.
I grew convinced that truth, sincerity and integrity in dealings between man and man were of the utmost importance to the felicity of life, and I formed written resolutions . . . to practice them ever while I lived.
Distrust and caution are the parents of security.