'Tis true there is much to be done, . . . but stick to it steadily, and you will see great effects, for constant dropping wears away stones . . . and little strokes fell great oaks, as Poor Richard says. . . .

Nor eye in a letter, nor hand in a purse, nor ear in the secret of another.

A change of fortune hurts a wise man no more than a change of the moon.

Conceiving God to be the fountain of wisdom, I thought it right and necessary to solicit his assistance for obtaining it.

If you would keep your secret from an enemy, tell it not to a friend.

In free governments the rulers are the servants, and the people their superiors and sovereigns.

I looked around for God's judgments, but saw no signs of them.