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

Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are.

I therefore beg leave to move that henceforth prayers imploring the assistance of Heaven, and its blessing on our deliberations, be held in this Assembly every morning.

If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins.

God heals, and the doctor takes the fees.

To expect people to be good, to be just, to be temperate, etc., without showing them how they should become so, seems like the ineffectual charity mentioned by the apostle, which consisted in saying to the hungry, the cold and the naked, be ye fed, be ye warmed, be ye clothed, without showing them how they should get food, fire or clothing.

The only time not wasted is wasted time.