Enjoy the present hour, be mindful of the past; And neither fear nor wish the Approaches of the last. Learn of the skillful: He that teaches himself, hath a fool for his master.

Blessed is he that expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed. expect nothing - get nothing! but expect something - get something!!

Savages we call them, because their manners differ from ours, which we think the perfection of civility; they think the same of theirs.

Eat to please thyself, but dress to please others.

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.

The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.

The securest place is a prison cell, but there is no liberty