It is better to let 100 criminals go free than to imprison 1 innocent man..

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

It is the duty of mankind on all suitable occasions to acknowledge their dependence on the Divine Being..

There will be sleeping enough in the grave..

Industry and patience are the surest means of plenty..

Fear God, and your enemies will fear you..

Poverty, Poetry, and new Titles of Honor, make Men ridiculous.

Why does the blind man's wife paint herself..

Great Modesty often hides great Merit..

Pride gets into the Coach, and Shame mounts behind..

It is the man and woman united that makes the complete human being. Separate she lacks his force of body and strength of reason; he her softness, sen….

Among the numerous luxuries of the table...coffee may be considered as one of the most valuable. It excites cheerfulness without intoxication; and th….

Never praise your cider or your horse.

Do you sincerely declare that you love mankind in general, of what profession or religion soever? Do you think any person ought to be harmed in his b….

A man in a passion, rides a mad horse..

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..

The punishment of murder by death is contrary to reason, and to the order and happiness of society, and contrary to divine revelation..

If anyone should doubt whether the electrical matter passes through the substance of bodies, or only over along their surfaces, a shock from an elect….

There will be plenty of time to sleep once you are dead.

[It was] the poverty caused by the bad influence of the English bankers on the Parliament which has caused in the colonies hatred of the English and ….

Hereafter, if you should observe an occasion to give your officers and friends a little more praise than is their due, and confess more fault than yo….