I have so much faith in the general government of the world by Providence that I can hardly conceive a transaction of such momentous importance [as the framing of the Constitution] ... should be suffered to pass without being in some degree influenced, guided, and governed by that omnipotent, omnipresent, and beneficent Ruler in whom all inferior spirits live and move and have their being.

Wise men don't need advice. Fools won't take it.

I believe in one God, Creator of the Universe in that He ought to be whipped from pilar to post and back again for His shameful actions toward Humanity.

Man is a tool-making animal

Glass, China, and Reputation, are easily cracked, and never well mended.

It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it.

I early found that when I worked for myself alone, myself alone worked for me; but when I worked for others also, others worked also for me.