If you, do what you should not, you must bear what you would not.

Taxes on consumption, like those on capital or income, to be just, must be uniform.

He'll cheat without scruple, who can without fear.

In the dark, all cats are grey.

[T]he more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves, and of course became poorer . . . [taking] away from before their eyes the greatest of all inducements to industry, frugality, and sobriety, by giving them a dependence of somewhat else than a careful accumulation during youth and health for support in age and sickness.

He who would trade liberty for some temporary security, deserves neither liberty nor security.

Disdain the chain, preserve your freedom; and maintain your independency: be industrious and free; be frugal and free.