It is the will of God and Nature that these mortal bodies be laid aside, when the soul is to enter into real life; 'tis rather an embrio state, a preparation for living; a man is not completely born until he be dead: Why then should we grieve that a new child is born among the immortals?

You may give give a man office, but you cannot give him discretion

The proof of gold is fire.

As we must account for every idle word, so must we account for every idle silence.

Love, Cough, & a Smoke, can't well be hid.

That is simple. In the Colonies we issue our own money. It is called Colonial Scrip. We issue it in proper proportion to the demands of trade and industry to make the products pass easily from the producers to the consumers. In this manner creating for ourselves our own paper money, we control its purchasing power, and we have no interest to pay.

Rules too soft are seldomly followed; rules too harsh are seldomly executed.