Poverty, Poetry, and new Titles of Honor, make Men ridiculous

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 second vice is lying, the first is running in debt.

Tis against some mens principle to pay interest, and seems against others interest to pay the principle.

I wish it were possible, from this instance, to invent a method of embalming drowned persons in such a manner that they may be recalled to life at any period, however distant; for having a very ardent desire to see and observe the state of America a hundred years hence, I should prefer to any ordinary death the being immersed in a cask of Madeira wine with a few friends till that time, to be then recalled to life by the solar warmth of my dear country!

He that hath a calling, hath an office of profit and honor.

Whoever shall introduce into public affairs the principles of primitive Christianity will change the face of the world.