The good will of the governed will be starved if not fed by the good deeds of the governors.

In 1736 I lost one of my sons, a fine boy of four years old, by the small-pox, taken in the common way. I long regretted bitterly, and still regret that I had not given it to him by inoculation. This I mention for the sake of parents who omit that operation, on the supposition that they should never forgive themselves if a child died under it; my example showing that the regret may be the same either way, and that, therefore, the safer should be chosen.

In every animal that walks upright, the deficiency of the Fluids that fill the Muscles appears first in the highest Part: The Face first grows lank and wrinkled; then the neck; then the breast and arms; the lower parts continuing to the last as plump as ever; so that covering all above with a basket, and regarding only what is below the girdle, it is impossible of two women to know an old from a young one.

A lonely man on a rainy night who cannot read.

The good will of the governed will be starved if not fed by the good deeds of the governors.

I consent Sir, to this Constitution because I expect no better, and because I am not sure, that it is not the best.

Patience in Market, is worth Pounds in a year.