They that can give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.

Nothing is so tiresome to one's self, as well as so odious to others, as disguise and affectation.

At twenty years of age the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty, the judgment.

Tis easy to see, hard to foresee.

Whenever we attempt to mend the scheme of Providence and to interfere in the Government of the world, we had need be very circumspect lest we do more harm than good.

And as to the Cares, they are chiefly what attend the bringing up of Children; and I would ask any Man who has experienced it, if they are not the most delightful Cares in the World; and if from that Particular alone, he does not find the Bliss of a double State much greater, instead of being less than he expected.

Necessity knows no law; I know some attorneys of the same.