If the prodigal quits life in debt to others, the miser quits it still deeper in debt to himself.

That which we acquire with the most difficulty we retain the longest; as those who have earned a fortune are usually more careful of it than those who have inherited one.

Despotism can no more exist in a nation until the liberty of the press be destroyed than the night can happen before the sun is set.

It is better to meet danger than to wait for it. He that is on a lee shore, and foresees a hurricane, stands out to sea and encounters a storm to avoid a shipwreck.

Strong as our passions are, they may be starved into submission, and conquered without being killed.

Money is the most envied, but the least enjoyed. Health is the most enjoyed, but the least envied.

Mystery magnifies danger, as a fog the sun, the hand that warned Belshazzar derived its horrifying effect from the want of a body.