He that drinks fast, pays slow.

A slip of the foot you may soon recover, but a slip of the tongue you may never get over.

There was never a good war, or a bad peace.

Proclaim not all though knowest, or all though owest.

O powerful goodness! Bountiful Father! Merciful Guide! Increase in me that wisdom which discovers my truest interest. Strengthen my resolution to perform what that wisdom dictates. Accept my kind offices to thy other children as the only return in my power for thy continual favours to me.

Two passions have powerful influence on the affairs of men: the love of power and the love of money.

The securest place is a prison cell, but there is no liberty