Tomorrow, every Fault is to be amended; but that Tomorrow never comes.

He that has done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another, than he whom you yourself have obliged.

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

Nothing brings more pain than too much pleasure; nothing more bondage than too much liberty.

Little boats should keep near shore

We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.

I firmly believe this ... that without His concurring aid we shall succeed in this political building no better, than the builders of Babel: We shall be divided by our little partial local interests; our projects will be confounded, and we ourselves shall become a reproach and bye word down to future ages. And what is worse, mankind may hereafter from this unfortunate instance, despair of establishing governments by human wisdom and leave it to chance, war and conquest.