If you want to be rich, think of the savings and get them.

Nothing is so tiresome to one's self, as well as so odious to others, as disguise and affectation.

Freedom of speech is a principal pillar of a free government; when this support is taken away, the constitution of a free society is dissolved, and tyranny is erected on its ruins. Republics and limited monarchies derive their strength and vigor from a popular examination into the action of the magistrates.

A spoonful of honey will catch more flies than a gallon of vinegar.

To get the bad customs of a country changed and new ones, though better, introduced, it is necessary first to remove the prejudices of the people, enlighten their ignorance, and convince them that their interests will be promoted by the proposed changes; and this is not the work of a day.

So convenient a thing to be a reasonable creature, since it enables one to find or make a reason for every thing one has a mind to do.

There are no ugly loves nor handsome prisons.