I am the laziest man in the world. I invented all those things to save myself from toil.

One today is worth two tomorrows.

It is a grand mistake to think of being great without goodness and I pronounce it as certain that there was never a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous.

It seems to me, that if statesmen had a little more arithmetic, or were accustomed to calculation, wars would be much less frequent.

If we give up freedom for security, we are in danger of losing both.

Annual giving is the custom of making a gift-a-year to an institution in which one has faith.

When you incline to have new clothes, look first well over the old ones, and see if you cannot shift with them another year, either by scouring, mending, or even patching if necessary. Remember, a patch on your coat, and money in your pocket, is better and more creditable, than a writ on your back, and no money to take it off.