Instead of cursing the darkness, light a candle.

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

The most exquisite folly is made of wisdom spun too fine.

Nothing is more fatal to health than an over care of it.

Many have been ruined by buying good Pennyworths.

It is observable that God has often called men to places of dignity and honor when they have been busy in the honest employment of their vocation.

Since they are our right, let us be vigilant to preserve them uninfringed, and free from encroachments. If animosities arise, and we should be obliged to resort to party, let each of us range himself on the side which unfurls the ensigns of public good. Faction will then vanish, which, if not timely suppressed, may overturn the balance, the palladium of liberty, and crush us under its ruins.