It is much to be lamented that a man of Franklin's general good character and great influence should have been an unbeliever in Christianity, and also have done as much as he did to make others unbelievers.

All human situations have their inconveniences. We feel those of the present but neither see nor feel those of the future; and hence we often make troublesome changes without amendment, and frequently for the worse.

Here comes the orator with his flood of words and his drop of reason.

If a man empties his purse into his head, no one can take it from him.

One today is worth two tomorrows.

A people who chose security over liberty will receive neither nor deserve either.

Silence is not always a sign of wisdom, but babbling is ever a mark of folly.