A nation of well-informed men who have been taught to know and prize the rights which God has given them cannot be enslaved. It is in the region of ignorance that tyranny begins.” Benjamin Franklin

I therefore beg leave to move that henceforth prayers imploring the assistance of Heaven, and its blessing on our deliberations, be held in this Assembly every morning.

He that won't be counseled can't be helped.

A little neglect may breed great mischief. ... For want of a nail, the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe, the horse was lost; for want of a horse, the battle was lost; for want of the battle, the war was lost.

Get what you can, and what you get hold; 'tis the Stone that will turn all your Lead into Gold.

You may sometimes be much in the Wrong, in owning your being in the Right.

Avoid dishonest gain: no price can recompence the pangs of vice.