That as we enjoy great advantages from the inventions of others, we should be glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours, and this we should do freely and generously.

The things of this world take up too much of my time, of which indeed I have too little left, to undertake anything like a reformation in religion.

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

The one who fails to prepare is preparing to fail.

If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins.

Ambition has its disappointments to sour us, but never the good fortune to satisfy us. Its appetite grows keener by indulgence and all we can gratify it with at present serves but the more to inflame its insatiable desires.

He who would trade liberty for some temporary security, deserves neither liberty nor security.