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

The good or ill hap of a good or ill life, is the good or ill choice of a good or ill wife.

If you would keep your secret from an enemy, tell it not to a friend.

Would you persuade, speak of interest, not of reason.

Men's minds do not die with their bodies but are made more happy or miserable after this life according to their actions.

We are more thoroughly an enlightened people, with respect to our political interests, than perhaps any other under heaven. Every man among us reads, and is so easy in his circumstances as to have leisure for conversations of improvement and for acquiring information.

Where liberty is, there is my country.