Gentlemen, I have lived a long time and am convinced that God governs in the affairs of men. If a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without His aid? I move that prayer imploring the assistance of Heaven be held every morning before we proceed to business.

The used key is always bright.

Philosophy as well as foppery often changes fashion.

Thinking aloud is a habit which is responsible for most of mankind's misery.

We can defer, yet time is most certainly not.

In the dark, all cats are grey.

Temperance puts wood on the fire, meal in the barrel, flour in the tub, money in the purse, credit in the country, contentment in the house, clothes on the back, and vigor in the body.