Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and parliaments. If we can get rid of the former, we may easily bear the latter..

There are three sorts of people in the world: Those who are immovable, people who don't get it, or don't want to do anything about it; there are peop….

There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one's self..

He that waits upon fortune, is never sure of a dinner..

Drink does not drown care, but waters it, and makes it grow faster..

We may give advice, but we cannot give conduct..

Notwithstanding my experiments with electricity the thunderbolt continues to fall under our noses and beards; and as for the tyrant, there are a mill….

Never praise your cider or your horse.

Well done is better than well said..

The early morning has gold in its mouth..

I think with you, that nothing is of more importance for the public weal, than to form and train up youth in wisdom and virtue. Wise and good men are….

Strange secrets are let out by Death Who blabs so oft the follies of this world..

Indeed, when religious people quarrel about religion, or hungry people quarrel about victuals, it looks as if they had not much of either among them..

Patience in Market, is worth Pounds in a year..

Courteous Reader, Astrology is one of the most ancient Sciences, held in high esteem of old, by the Wise and the Great. Formerly, no Prince would mak….

Here you would know, and enjoy, what prosperity will way of Washington. For a thousand leagues have nearly the same effect with a thousand years..

What is a butterfly? At best He's but a caterpiller drest. The gaudy Fop's his picture just..

While we may not be able to control all that happens to us, we can control what happens inside us..

Trouble knocked at the door, but, hearing laughter, hurried away.

The man that walks wit crowd, will get no farther than the crowd. The man that walks alone, will reach places unknown..

Since they are our right, let us be vigilant to preserve them uninfringed, and free from encroachments. If animosities arise, and we should be oblige….