In prosperous fortunes be modest and wise, The greatest may fall, and the lowest may rise: But insolent People that fall in disgrace, Are wretched and nobody pities their Case.

Pay what you owe and you'll know what's your own.

Some of the domestic evils of drunkenness are houses without windows, gardens without fences, fields without tillage, barns without roofs, children without clothing, principles, morals or manners.

As we benefit from the inventions of others, we should be glad to share our own ... freely and gladly.

Beer is proof that God wants us to be happy

In the beginning of the contest with Britain, when we were sensible of danger, we had daily prayers in this room for Divine protection," he stated. "Our prayers, Sir, were heard, and they were graciously answered. ... Do we imagine we no longer need His assistance?

There is no kind of dishonesty into which otherwise good people more easily and frequently fall than that of defrauding the government.