I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am.

Every person born in the USA is endowed with life, liberty, and a substantial share of the national debt.

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.

Then bless thy secret growth, nor catch At noise, but thrive unseen and dumb; Keep clean, be as fruit, earn life, and watch, Till the white-wing'd reapers come.

When any of the four pillars of government-religion, justice, counsel, and treasure-are mainly shaken or weakened, men had need to pray for fair weather.

Ask counsel of both timesof the ancient time what is best, and of the latter time what is fittest.

Base and crafty cowards are like the arrow that flieth in the dark.