Great good nature without prudence is a great misfortune.

Be studious in your profession, and you will be learned. Be industrious and frugal, and you will be rich. Be sober and temperate, and you will be healthy. Be in general virtuous, and you will be happy.

Rich widows are the only secondhand goods that sell at first-class prices.

Those who beat their swords into plowshares usually end up plowing for those who kept their swords.

Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security will not have either one.

I am a mortal enemy to arbitrary government and unlimited power. I am naturally very jealous for the rights and liberties of my country, and the least encroachment of those invaluable privileges is apt to make my blood boil.

Creditors have better memories than debtors.