The thirst of desire is never filled, nor fully satisfied.

If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter.

Thrift is a great revenue.

Favours out of place I regard as positive injuries.

A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself.

The divinity who rules within us, forbids us to leave this world without his command.

Freedom suppressed and again regained bites with keener fangs than freedom never endangered.