'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. . . .

The wise and the brave dares own that he was wrong.

The key that unlocks a door is a key to keep if you want to go through that door again.

Scarcely was I arrived at fifteen years of age, when, after having doubted in turn of different tenets, according as I found them combated in the different books that I read, I began to doubt of Revelation itself.

Men and Melons are hard to know.

Nine Men in Ten are Suicides.

A wise man will desire no more than what he may get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully, and leave contently.