A new truth is a truth, an old error is an error.

Outside Independence Hall when the Constitutional Convention of 1787 ended, Mrs. Powel of Philadelphia asked Benjamin Franklin, "Well, Doctor, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?" With no hesitation whatsoever, Franklin responded, "A republic, if you can keep it."

A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things. There will be sleeping enough in the grave.

He that's secure is not safe.

I have conceived a higher opinion of the natural capacities of the black race than I had ever before entertained. Their apprehension seems as quick, their memory as strong, and their docility in every respect equal to that of white children.

A full Belly brings forth every Evil.

A word to the wise is enough, and many words won't fill a bushel.