A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience.

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?

Liberty is one of the most precious gifts which heaven has bestowed on man; with it we cannot compare the treasures which the earth contains or the sea conceals; for liberty, as for honor, we can and ought to risk our lives; and, on for the other hand, captivity is the greatest evil that can befall man.

You are a devil at everything, and there is no kind of thing in the 'versal world but what you can turn your hand into.

It is better that a judge should lean on the side of compassion than severity.

All kinds of beauty do not inspire love; there is a kind which only pleases the sight, but does not captivate the affections.

There is a time for some things, and a time for all things; a time for great things, and a time for small things.