We may give advice, but we cannot give conduct.

Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes it.

Nothing is more important for the public wealth than to form and train youth in wisdom and virtue. Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom.

I have lived, Sir, a long time and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth -- that God governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without his aid? We have been assured, Sir, in the sacred writings that "except the Lord build they labor in vain that build it." I firmly believe this; and I also believe that without his concurring aid we shall succeed in this political building no better than the Builders of Babel

People willing to trade their freedom for temporary security deserve neither and will lose both.

Great beauty, great strength, and great riches are really and truly of no great use; a right heart exceeds all

Those who laugh often never grow old.