He that lieth down with Dogs, shall rise up with Fleas.

If time be of all things the most precious, wasting time must be the greatest prodigality.

It would be thought a hard government that should tax its people one tenth part.

The learned fool writes his nonsense in better language than the unlearned, but it is still nonsense.

I am on this account not displeased that the Figure is not known as a Bald Eagle, but looks more like a Turkey. For the Truth the Turkey is in Comparison a much more respectable Bird, and withal a true original Native of America... He is besides, though a little vain & silly, a Bird of Courage, and would not hesitate to attack a Grenadier of the British Guards who should presume to invade his Farm Yard with a red Coat on.

Human felicity is produced not as much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen as by little advantages that occur every day.

Friends and neighbors complain that taxes are indeed very heavy, and if those laid on by the government were the only ones we had to pay, we might the more easily discharge them; but we have many others, and much more grievous to some of us. We are taxed twice as much by our idleness, three times as much by our pride, and four times as much by our folly.