Whether it's the pot that hits the rock or the rock that hits the pot , it's the pot that will break every time

Be brief, for no talk can please when too long. Being prepared is half the victory.

There is no greater folly in the world than for a man to despair.

A father may have a child who is ugly and lacking in all the graces, and the love he feels for him puts a blindfold over his eyes so that he does not see his defects but considers them signs of charm and intelligence and recounts them to his friends as if they were clever and witty.

He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all.

Not with whom you are born, but with whom you are bred.

Thou camest out of thy mother's belly without government, thou hast liv'd hitherto without government, and thou mayst be carried to thy long home without government, when it shall please the Lord. How many people in this world live without government, yet do well enough, and are well look'd upon?